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 Genesis chapter 9.

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 And we're going to read the whole chapter.

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 Ralph is going to be speaking a little bit later on, or just after the reading.

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 Certainly I'm very thankful, an opportunity to sit and to hear God's word.

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 So I'm looking forward to it, but let's listen to God's word to us and ask for his help to us.

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 So let's read Genesis chapter 9, starting at verse 1 to the end of the chapter.

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 Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them,

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 Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth.

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 The fear and dread of you will fall on all the beasts of the earth,

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 and on all the birds in the sky,

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 on every creature that moves along the ground,

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 and on all the fish in the sea.

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 They are given into your hands.

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 Everything that lives and moves about will be food for you.

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 Just as I gave you the green plants,

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 I now give you everything.

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 But you must not eat meat that has its lifeblood still in it.

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 And for your lifeblood, I will surely demand an accounting.

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 I will demand an accounting from every animal,

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 and from each human being too.

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 I will demand an accounting for the life of another human being.

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 Whoever sheds human blood,

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 by human shall their blood be shed.

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 For in the image of God

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 has God made mankind.

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 As for you,

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 be fruitful and increase in number.

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 Multiply on the earth and increase upon it.

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 Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him,

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 I now establish my covenant with you

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 and with your descendants after you,

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 and with every living creature that was with you,

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 the birds, the livestock, and all the wild animals,

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 and all those that come out of the ark with you,

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 every living creature on earth.

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 I establish my covenant with you.

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 Never again will all life be destroyed

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 by the waters of a flood.

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 Never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.

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 And God said,

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 This is the sign of the covenant

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 I am making between me and you

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 and every living creature with you.

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 A covenant for all generations to come.

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 I have set my rainbow in the clouds,

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 and it will be a sign of the covenant

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 between me and the earth.

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 Whenever I bring clouds over the earth

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 and the rainbow appears in the clouds,

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 I will remember my covenant

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 between me and you

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 and all living creatures of every kind.

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 Never again will the waters become a flood

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 to destroy all life.

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 Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds,

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 I will see it and remember

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 the everlasting covenant between God

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 and all living creatures of every kind on the earth.

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 So God said to Noah,

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 This is the sign of the covenant

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 I have established between me

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 and all life on the earth.

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 The sons of Noah who came out of the ark

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 were Shem, Ham and Japheth.

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 Ham was the father of Canaan.

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 These were the three sons of Noah,

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 and from them came the people

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 who were scattered over the whole earth.

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 Noah, a man of the soil,

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 proceeded to plant a vineyard.

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 When he drank some of its wine,

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 he became drunk

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 and lay uncovered inside his tent.

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 Ham, the father of Canaan,

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 saw his father naked

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 and told his two brothers outside.

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 But Shem and Japheth took a garment

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 and laid it across their shoulders.

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 Then they walked in backwards

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 and covered their father's naked body.

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 Their faces were turned the other way

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 so that they could not see

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 their father naked.

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 When Noah awoke from his wine

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 and found out what his youngest son

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 had done to him,

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 he said,

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 Cursed be Canaan!

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 The lowest of slaves

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 will he be to his brothers.

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 He also said,

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 Praise be to the Lord,

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 the God of Shem!

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 May Canaan be the slave of Shem!

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 May God extend Japheth's territory!

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 May Japheth live in the tents of Shem!

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 And may Canaan be the slave of Japheth!

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 After the flood,

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 Noah lived 350 years.

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 Noah lived a total of 950 years.

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 And then he died.

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 Thanks, Ralph.

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 Good morning, everyone.

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 Thank you, Johnny,

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 for reading chapter 9 for us this morning.

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 I might just lower this slightly.

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 Okay.

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 And...

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 Okay, you can still hear me okay?

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 Yeah, okay.

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 Well, we reached the end of the story of Noah.

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 And the question comes up, doesn't it?

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 How does the world begin again

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 after such devastation?

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 A new start,

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 a new beginning is needed, isn't it,

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 after the flood?

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 I was thinking World War II

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 might be the closest reference point

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 that we have in our generation

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 to the time of Noah.

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 We've seen documentaries...

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 Sorry, I'm going to make this a little bit higher

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 now.

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 It seems to be going down on me.

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 Sorry, just seen the stand

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 for those listening on audio.

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 We've seen documentaries,

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 watched films,

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 and...

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 Sorry.

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 I'm really struggling with this.

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 Very glad we get this one.

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 Yeah.

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 Sorry, that might be easier, actually.

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 Sorry, I'm actually going to switch

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 the lines altogether.

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 If we make enough money in the book sales,

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 you might get a new one.

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 Sorry.

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 Thanks, Johnny.

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 Hello.

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 Dear.

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 Thanks.

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 Thanks, Johnny.

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 I said, I think the closest reference

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 we might have

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 to the devastation of the time of Noah

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 is World War II.

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 And I said, we've seen documentaries

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 or watched films

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 or even read books

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 about what that time was like.

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 And even through those,

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 we only get a hint

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 of what the upheaval

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 must have been.

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 After six years

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 and all the destruction,

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 it finally ended

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 in September 1945.

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 But not before

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 the US had dropped

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 two nuclear bombs

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 over the cities

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 of Nagasaki

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 and Hiroshima,

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 totally obliterating them

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 and killing

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 tens of thousands

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 of people.

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 But a new start

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 did come,

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 didn't it?

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 On the world stage

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 after World War II,

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 we had the emergence

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 of the United Nations,

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 we had the beginnings

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 of the early start

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 of the European Union,

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 and both of them

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 were an attempt

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 to say,

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 never again,

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 never again,

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 never again.

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 The scorched lands

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 of Germany

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 and Japan

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 were rebuilt

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 with outside help.

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 a new start

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 for the main aggressors

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 of the war.

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 And what can happen

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 on the world

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 or the global stage

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 can also happen

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 on our stage,

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 our personal stage,

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 on the small scale.

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 We can be left

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 wiped out.

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 We can be left

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 under rubble

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 by people

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 and by circumstances

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 or both.

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 We get that urge,

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 don't we?

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 We want to start again.

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 We want to build better.

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 And if you haven't

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 already gone through

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 a fresh start

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 in your life,

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 chances are

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 you've thought about it.

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 You've thought about

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 selling up,

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 packing up,

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 and just moving on.

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 And as we reach

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 chapter 9 in Genesis,

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 we find the first

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 worldwide

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 fresh start.

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 It is a post-apocalyptic

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 world.

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 The black and white

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 clips from World War II

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 can't compare

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 to the breadth

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 and the depth

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 of the destruction

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 here.

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 It was near

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 total,

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 global,

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 worldwide

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 wipeout.

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 And in one sense,

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 the earth is now

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 arguably cleansed.

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 We have these

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 eight

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 hand-picked

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 survivors.

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 And on paper,

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 all good people,

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 all chosen by God.

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 We could assume

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 that all that was wrong

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 with the old world

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 has now been

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 decisively dealt with.

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 It's sorted out,

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 gone,

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 and dead,

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 and buried

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 in the rubble

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 and the muck.

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 All that was wrong.

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 This is the

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 freshest

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 of fresh

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 possible starts.

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 And the focus

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 in Genesis chapter 9

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 is about that

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 fresh start.

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 chapter 8

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 has led us up

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 to it,

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 hasn't it?

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 The waters,

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 remember,

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 they subsided.

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 The waters are subsiding

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 and the dry land

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 is beginning

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 to appear again.

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 And that's an echo

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 back to Genesis chapter 1,

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 wasn't it?

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 Where the waters

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 were gathered together

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 so that dry land

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 could appear.

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 And the coming

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 of the birds

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 and the animals

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 out of the ark

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 to fill the land

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 again

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 and to fill

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 the skies again,

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 that's to remind us

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 again of Genesis 1,

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 isn't it?

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 Where God created

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 the animals

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 and he created

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 the birds

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 to fill the land

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 he'd created

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 and to fill

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 the skies

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 that he had created.

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 It's back

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 to creation again.

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 So God,

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 in a sense,

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 in chapter 9 here

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 and chapter 8

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 is helping us

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 to imagine

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 that this is

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 a re-creation.

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 It's a re-affirming,

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 a re-establishing

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 of his relationship

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 and his covenant

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 with creation

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 and with

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 his image bearers.

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 And of course,

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 we're meant to think,

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 aren't we,

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 then,

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 that if that's

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 what's happening,

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 that Noah

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 is like a new Adam.

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 Look at verse 1,

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 then God blessed

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 Noah

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 and his sons,

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 saying to them,

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 be fruitful

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 and increase in number

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 and fill

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 the earth.

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 You see,

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 the blessing

00:11:54.440 --> 00:11:55.860
 is being passed

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 on to Noah now

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 and the command

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 to be fruitful

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 and increase in number

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 and fill the earth.

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 Well,

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 that's Genesis 1 again,

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 isn't it?

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 It's back

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 to creation.

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 And God is saying,

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 enjoy the new start.

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 Be fruitful.

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 Fill the earth.

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 And we have this

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 provision as well,

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 don't we,

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 of food again.

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 Also an echo

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 from Genesis 1.

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 And we see that

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 in verse 3.

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 In the garden,

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 what was it?

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 It was all the plants

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 and all the fruit

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 and all the trees

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 that were given

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 to Adam and Eve

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 and to humanity

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 to enjoy.

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 And here,

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 everything is given

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 for food,

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 including the animals.

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 So steak is now

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 on the menu.

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 But,

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 can we also see

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 in these verses

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 the subtle changes

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 from the garden,

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 the subtle changes

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 to suit

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 the circumstances

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 of a fallen world.

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 The curse

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 and the impacts

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 of sin

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 resulting from

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 Adam and Eve's rebellion

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 still,

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 it's still simmering,

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 isn't it,

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 under the surface

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 through all of life.

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 Notice some

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 of the difference.

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 Look at verse 2.

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 The animals

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 that,

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 remember they came

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 to Adam

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 to be named

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 by him in the garden?

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 It's almost like

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 they come up,

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 there's no fear there.

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 Or they were brought

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 by God

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 to Noah

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 to enter the ark

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 and the animals

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 went into the ark

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 with Noah

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 and stayed with Noah

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 on the ark

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 and lived with him.

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 Well,

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 now they don't come

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 so easily.

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 Verse 2.

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 The fear and dread

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 of you will fall

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 on all the beasts

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 of the earth

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 and all the birds

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 in the sky.

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 They carry a fear

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 of people now.

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 So that assumed care

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 that we read about

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 in Genesis 1

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 of mankind

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 caring for creation,

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 that assumption

00:13:48.059 --> 00:13:49.039
 of that relationship

00:13:49.039 --> 00:13:49.419
 is,

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 well,

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 it's broken.

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 It's not as it should be.

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 And basics,

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 I mean real basics

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 that we could have

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 taken for granted

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 back in the garden,

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 they now need to be

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 spelt out by God

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 and written large

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 and kind of

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 blown up

00:14:06.759 --> 00:14:07.480
 and announced.

00:14:09.079 --> 00:14:09.799
 Basics.

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 The intrinsic

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 worth

00:14:12.299 --> 00:14:13.960
 of human

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 life

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 needs to be

00:14:16.840 --> 00:14:18.019
 spelt out.

00:14:18.019 --> 00:14:20.699
 Genesis 9

00:14:20.699 --> 00:14:21.679
 and verse 4.

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 But you must not

00:14:22.659 --> 00:14:23.259
 eat meat

00:14:23.259 --> 00:14:24.220
 that has its

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 lifeblood

00:14:24.819 --> 00:14:25.439
 still in it.

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 And for your

00:14:26.879 --> 00:14:27.559
 lifeblood,

00:14:27.679 --> 00:14:28.500
 that's the lifeblood

00:14:28.500 --> 00:14:29.319
 of a person,

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 I will surely

00:14:30.519 --> 00:14:31.539
 demand

00:14:31.539 --> 00:14:32.519
 an accounting.

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 What's

00:14:34.120 --> 00:14:36.579
 verse 4

00:14:36.579 --> 00:14:37.360
 and this thing

00:14:37.360 --> 00:14:38.100
 about lifeblood?

00:14:38.159 --> 00:14:39.000
 What's it about?

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 Why the emphasis

00:14:39.740 --> 00:14:40.399
 on blood

00:14:40.399 --> 00:14:41.279
 and lifeblood?

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 Well,

00:14:42.419 --> 00:14:43.139
 I think it's this.

00:14:43.200 --> 00:14:44.120
 God is setting

00:14:44.120 --> 00:14:46.019
 blood as a symbol

00:14:46.019 --> 00:14:47.740
 and as a sign

00:14:47.740 --> 00:14:48.299
 of life.

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 And we'll see that

00:14:49.179 --> 00:14:50.120
 all through the scriptures

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 from here on in.

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 But blood is

00:14:52.320 --> 00:14:53.620
 really a proxy

00:14:53.620 --> 00:14:54.299
 or a symbol

00:14:54.299 --> 00:14:56.080
 for life itself.

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 Blood,

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 then,

00:14:57.919 --> 00:14:59.059
 is to remind us

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 of what?

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 The sanctity

00:15:00.960 --> 00:15:02.379
 of life.

00:15:03.039 --> 00:15:03.460
 Blood

00:15:03.460 --> 00:15:04.000
 equals

00:15:04.659 --> 00:15:05.460
 life.

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 And you show

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 your respect

00:15:07.920 --> 00:15:08.900
 for life

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 by showing

00:15:09.840 --> 00:15:10.420
 your respect

00:15:10.420 --> 00:15:11.080
 for blood

00:15:11.080 --> 00:15:12.000
 as a symbol.

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 Even in how

00:15:13.120 --> 00:15:13.759
 the animals

00:15:13.759 --> 00:15:14.680
 are to be killed

00:15:14.680 --> 00:15:15.300
 and to be eaten.

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 It's to remind us

00:15:17.180 --> 00:15:18.220
 that blood

00:15:18.220 --> 00:15:19.160
 equals life

00:15:19.160 --> 00:15:19.860
 and life

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 is sacred.

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 Verse 5

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 and 6,

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 any time

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 an image

00:15:25.980 --> 00:15:26.600
 bearer

00:15:26.600 --> 00:15:27.440
 of God.

00:15:28.259 --> 00:15:29.300
 Think about that.

00:15:29.600 --> 00:15:30.019
 Any time

00:15:30.019 --> 00:15:30.720
 an image

00:15:30.720 --> 00:15:31.519
 bearer

00:15:31.519 --> 00:15:32.960
 of God

00:15:32.960 --> 00:15:34.620
 that is a man

00:15:34.620 --> 00:15:35.440
 or a woman

00:15:35.440 --> 00:15:37.200
 or the unborn

00:15:37.200 --> 00:15:38.700
 or a baby

00:15:38.700 --> 00:15:40.220
 or an infant

00:15:40.220 --> 00:15:41.620
 or a child

00:15:41.620 --> 00:15:42.600
 or the elderly

00:15:42.600 --> 00:15:43.760
 is spilled.

00:15:43.880 --> 00:15:44.260
 Any time

00:15:44.260 --> 00:15:44.780
 the blood

00:15:44.780 --> 00:15:45.680
 of a person

00:15:45.680 --> 00:15:46.240
 is spilled,

00:15:46.880 --> 00:15:47.420
 God

00:15:47.420 --> 00:15:48.280
 will

00:15:48.280 --> 00:15:49.280
 demand

00:15:49.280 --> 00:15:50.600
 an accounting.

00:15:51.460 --> 00:15:51.860
 God

00:15:51.860 --> 00:15:52.660
 will demand

00:15:52.660 --> 00:15:53.720
 an accounting.

00:15:54.940 --> 00:15:55.260
 Shedding

00:15:55.260 --> 00:15:55.640
 the blood

00:15:55.640 --> 00:15:56.340
 of a person

00:15:56.340 --> 00:15:58.300
 is no

00:15:58.300 --> 00:15:58.980
 small

00:15:58.980 --> 00:15:59.800
 thing.

00:16:00.800 --> 00:16:01.100
 God

00:16:01.100 --> 00:16:01.560
 himself

00:16:01.560 --> 00:16:02.120
 will hold

00:16:02.120 --> 00:16:02.480
 you to

00:16:02.480 --> 00:16:02.880
 account.

00:16:03.780 --> 00:16:04.120
 Why?

00:16:04.120 --> 00:16:06.100
 Why this

00:16:06.100 --> 00:16:06.940
 high standard?

00:16:07.139 --> 00:16:07.299
 Well,

00:16:07.399 --> 00:16:08.840
 verse 6

00:16:08.840 --> 00:16:09.720
 reminds us

00:16:09.720 --> 00:16:10.320
 and again

00:16:10.320 --> 00:16:11.200
 back to the

00:16:11.200 --> 00:16:11.519
 garden.

00:16:12.120 --> 00:16:12.279
 Whoever

00:16:12.279 --> 00:16:12.960
 sheds human

00:16:12.960 --> 00:16:13.299
 blood

00:16:13.299 --> 00:16:13.879
 by humans

00:16:13.879 --> 00:16:14.360
 shall their

00:16:14.360 --> 00:16:14.940
 blood be

00:16:14.940 --> 00:16:15.299
 shed.

00:16:15.840 --> 00:16:16.299
 Why?

00:16:17.039 --> 00:16:17.799
 For in the

00:16:17.799 --> 00:16:18.799
 image of

00:16:18.799 --> 00:16:19.419
 God

00:16:19.419 --> 00:16:20.460
 has God

00:16:20.460 --> 00:16:21.200
 made

00:16:21.200 --> 00:16:22.279
 mankind.

00:16:24.159 --> 00:16:24.679
 Each

00:16:24.679 --> 00:16:25.960
 human being,

00:16:26.060 --> 00:16:26.940
 each of you

00:16:26.940 --> 00:16:27.980
 here

00:16:27.980 --> 00:16:29.180
 this morning,

00:16:29.560 --> 00:16:30.320
 you bear

00:16:30.320 --> 00:16:31.379
 the image

00:16:31.379 --> 00:16:32.800
 of God.

00:16:33.360 --> 00:16:33.980
 You bear

00:16:33.980 --> 00:16:34.540
 the image

00:16:34.540 --> 00:16:35.180
 of God.

00:16:35.440 --> 00:16:36.180
 Even after

00:16:36.180 --> 00:16:36.640
 the fall,

00:16:37.060 --> 00:16:37.740
 even after

00:16:37.740 --> 00:16:38.280
 you've

00:16:38.280 --> 00:16:39.320
 been afflicted

00:16:39.320 --> 00:16:39.980
 by sin,

00:16:40.760 --> 00:16:41.500
 you still

00:16:41.500 --> 00:16:42.980
 bear God's

00:16:42.980 --> 00:16:43.560
 stamp.

00:16:44.879 --> 00:16:45.660
 Human life

00:16:45.660 --> 00:16:46.420
 is sacred.

00:16:46.620 --> 00:16:47.440
 It's touched

00:16:47.440 --> 00:16:48.080
 by God

00:16:48.080 --> 00:16:48.540
 himself.

00:16:48.720 --> 00:16:48.879
 And this

00:16:48.879 --> 00:16:49.800
 used to be

00:16:49.800 --> 00:16:50.280
 taken for

00:16:50.280 --> 00:16:50.560
 granted.

00:16:50.680 --> 00:16:50.879
 It used to

00:16:50.879 --> 00:16:51.080
 be a

00:16:51.080 --> 00:16:51.740
 cornerstone

00:16:51.740 --> 00:16:52.900
 of society

00:16:52.900 --> 00:16:53.460
 because of

00:16:53.460 --> 00:16:54.340
 Christian influence

00:16:54.340 --> 00:16:55.280
 over centuries.

00:16:55.940 --> 00:16:56.660
 But those

00:16:56.660 --> 00:16:57.440
 ethics around

00:16:57.440 --> 00:16:58.040
 life and

00:16:58.040 --> 00:16:58.400
 death,

00:16:58.399 --> 00:16:59.679
 they've

00:16:59.679 --> 00:16:59.980
 had a

00:16:59.980 --> 00:17:00.299
 lasting

00:17:00.299 --> 00:17:00.899
 impact,

00:17:01.699 --> 00:17:02.199
 but they're

00:17:02.199 --> 00:17:02.799
 drifting away,

00:17:02.879 --> 00:17:03.240
 aren't they?

00:17:03.379 --> 00:17:03.879
 The idea

00:17:03.879 --> 00:17:04.700
 that human

00:17:04.700 --> 00:17:05.279
 life is

00:17:05.279 --> 00:17:06.039
 intrinsically

00:17:06.039 --> 00:17:07.480
 valuable is

00:17:07.480 --> 00:17:08.400
 rapidly being

00:17:08.400 --> 00:17:09.079
 dismantled.

00:17:10.019 --> 00:17:10.579
 The value

00:17:10.579 --> 00:17:11.279
 of life is

00:17:11.279 --> 00:17:12.759
 now negotiable

00:17:12.759 --> 00:17:14.799
 and we

00:17:14.799 --> 00:17:15.299
 can have a

00:17:15.299 --> 00:17:16.000
 debate about

00:17:16.000 --> 00:17:16.339
 it.

00:17:17.700 --> 00:17:18.220
 And especially

00:17:18.220 --> 00:17:19.960
 debate and

00:17:19.960 --> 00:17:20.799
 negotiate about

00:17:20.799 --> 00:17:21.359
 those at the

00:17:21.359 --> 00:17:22.059
 very edges,

00:17:22.619 --> 00:17:22.980
 those that are

00:17:22.980 --> 00:17:23.700
 most vulnerable,

00:17:23.900 --> 00:17:24.539
 those that are

00:17:24.539 --> 00:17:25.759
 in the early

00:17:25.759 --> 00:17:26.359
 days in the

00:17:26.359 --> 00:17:27.160
 womb or those

00:17:27.160 --> 00:17:27.559
 that are at

00:17:27.559 --> 00:17:27.980
 their latter

00:17:27.980 --> 00:17:28.700
 days towards

00:17:28.700 --> 00:17:29.140
 the end of

00:17:29.140 --> 00:17:29.759
 their life.

00:17:30.819 --> 00:17:31.360
 Let's have a

00:17:31.360 --> 00:17:31.900
 discussion and

00:17:31.900 --> 00:17:32.559
 a debate about

00:17:32.559 --> 00:17:33.420
 killing.

00:17:34.860 --> 00:17:35.480
 Let's have that

00:17:35.480 --> 00:17:36.000
 debate about

00:17:36.000 --> 00:17:36.680
 the smallest

00:17:36.680 --> 00:17:37.940
 and the

00:17:37.940 --> 00:17:38.839
 weakest and

00:17:38.839 --> 00:17:39.180
 the most

00:17:39.180 --> 00:17:40.019
 vulnerable and

00:17:40.019 --> 00:17:40.559
 call their

00:17:40.559 --> 00:17:42.519
 lives expendable.

00:17:43.839 --> 00:17:44.400
 But the

00:17:44.400 --> 00:17:45.779
 Bible here

00:17:45.779 --> 00:17:46.420
 reminds us

00:17:46.420 --> 00:17:47.079
 that each

00:17:47.079 --> 00:17:48.799
 human life

00:17:48.799 --> 00:17:49.880
 is precious

00:17:49.880 --> 00:17:51.339
 because each

00:17:51.339 --> 00:17:52.279
 one bears

00:17:52.279 --> 00:17:53.120
 the image

00:17:53.120 --> 00:17:54.620
 of God.

00:17:54.720 --> 00:17:55.039
 Each one

00:17:55.039 --> 00:17:55.980
 is marked

00:17:55.980 --> 00:17:56.799
 and stamped

00:17:56.799 --> 00:17:57.860
 by the

00:17:57.860 --> 00:17:58.420
 creator.

00:17:59.420 --> 00:18:00.539
 To unjustly

00:18:00.539 --> 00:18:01.900
 kill and

00:18:01.900 --> 00:18:02.500
 to unjustly

00:18:02.500 --> 00:18:03.200
 take life

00:18:03.200 --> 00:18:03.539
 is to

00:18:03.539 --> 00:18:04.140
 unjustly

00:18:04.140 --> 00:18:04.819
 attack

00:18:04.819 --> 00:18:05.900
 God

00:18:05.900 --> 00:18:08.319
 himself

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 and he

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 will demand

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 an accounting.

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 So this

00:18:13.019 --> 00:18:14.220
 is the

00:18:14.220 --> 00:18:15.319
 fresh and

00:18:15.319 --> 00:18:15.620
 the new

00:18:15.620 --> 00:18:16.000
 start.

00:18:16.140 --> 00:18:16.539
 The garden

00:18:16.539 --> 00:18:18.019
 again but

00:18:18.019 --> 00:18:18.960
 with modifications.

00:18:19.960 --> 00:18:20.299
 We have

00:18:20.299 --> 00:18:21.360
 Noah as a

00:18:21.360 --> 00:18:21.779
 new Adam.

00:18:22.660 --> 00:18:23.240
 He takes on

00:18:23.240 --> 00:18:24.140
 the mantle to

00:18:24.140 --> 00:18:24.640
 rule and

00:18:24.640 --> 00:18:25.080
 care for

00:18:25.080 --> 00:18:25.560
 the earth,

00:18:25.800 --> 00:18:26.340
 to be

00:18:26.340 --> 00:18:27.920
 fruitful and

00:18:27.920 --> 00:18:28.800
 to protect

00:18:28.800 --> 00:18:29.720
 life.

00:18:30.900 --> 00:18:32.160
 Here we

00:18:32.160 --> 00:18:32.680
 have eight

00:18:32.680 --> 00:18:33.340
 people who

00:18:33.340 --> 00:18:34.100
 have witnessed

00:18:34.100 --> 00:18:34.759
 the flood.

00:18:35.140 --> 00:18:35.500
 They've

00:18:35.500 --> 00:18:36.400
 witnessed God's

00:18:36.400 --> 00:18:37.140
 judgment and

00:18:37.140 --> 00:18:39.040
 God's wrath

00:18:39.040 --> 00:18:39.740
 poured out

00:18:39.740 --> 00:18:40.560
 against sin.

00:18:41.740 --> 00:18:42.120
 And they've

00:18:42.120 --> 00:18:42.680
 been blessed

00:18:42.680 --> 00:18:43.160
 now with

00:18:43.160 --> 00:18:44.040
 God's salvation

00:18:44.040 --> 00:18:44.780
 and they've

00:18:44.780 --> 00:18:45.160
 been given

00:18:45.160 --> 00:18:46.180
 God's direction.

00:18:46.820 --> 00:18:47.120
 All the

00:18:47.120 --> 00:18:47.980
 old people

00:18:47.980 --> 00:18:48.520
 and all the

00:18:48.520 --> 00:18:49.500
 old circumstances

00:18:49.500 --> 00:18:49.880
 and all the

00:18:49.880 --> 00:18:50.680
 old situations

00:18:50.680 --> 00:18:51.040
 they've been

00:18:51.040 --> 00:18:51.420
 wiped.

00:18:51.720 --> 00:18:52.220
 They've been

00:18:52.220 --> 00:18:52.880
 wiped out.

00:18:52.880 --> 00:18:53.320
 They've been

00:18:53.320 --> 00:18:53.840
 wiped away

00:18:53.840 --> 00:18:54.240
 literally.

00:18:54.760 --> 00:18:55.040
 They've

00:18:55.040 --> 00:18:55.560
 arrived in

00:18:55.560 --> 00:18:55.860
 a new

00:18:55.860 --> 00:18:56.300
 country.

00:18:57.420 --> 00:18:57.720
 Everything

00:18:57.720 --> 00:18:58.220
 else is

00:18:58.220 --> 00:18:58.660
 gone and

00:18:58.660 --> 00:18:58.860
 in the

00:18:58.860 --> 00:18:59.220
 past.

00:18:59.300 --> 00:18:59.400
 They've

00:18:59.400 --> 00:18:59.680
 been told

00:18:59.680 --> 00:19:00.100
 to go

00:19:00.100 --> 00:19:01.080
 and make

00:19:01.080 --> 00:19:01.460
 the world

00:19:01.460 --> 00:19:01.960
 their own.

00:19:02.900 --> 00:19:03.320
 It's the

00:19:03.320 --> 00:19:04.800
 freshest of

00:19:04.800 --> 00:19:05.540
 freshest

00:19:05.540 --> 00:19:06.520
 possible

00:19:06.520 --> 00:19:07.340
 starts that

00:19:07.340 --> 00:19:08.120
 any of us

00:19:08.120 --> 00:19:08.700
 could imagine.

00:19:10.400 --> 00:19:10.900
 But what's

00:19:10.900 --> 00:19:11.860
 your experience

00:19:11.860 --> 00:19:12.520
 and my

00:19:12.520 --> 00:19:13.280
 experience of

00:19:13.280 --> 00:19:14.700
 fresh starts?

00:19:15.800 --> 00:19:16.200
 Well,

00:19:16.360 --> 00:19:16.840
 after a

00:19:16.840 --> 00:19:17.200
 time,

00:19:18.020 --> 00:19:18.540
 they're simply

00:19:18.540 --> 00:19:19.440
 not new

00:19:19.440 --> 00:19:19.880
 anymore.

00:19:20.360 --> 00:19:20.760
 They're not

00:19:20.760 --> 00:19:21.660
 fresh enough

00:19:21.660 --> 00:19:22.120
 anymore.

00:19:22.880 --> 00:19:23.280
 You see,

00:19:23.360 --> 00:19:23.900
 the old

00:19:23.900 --> 00:19:24.760
 issues and

00:19:24.760 --> 00:19:25.460
 the old

00:19:25.460 --> 00:19:27.020
 habits with

00:19:27.020 --> 00:19:27.840
 their simmering

00:19:27.840 --> 00:19:28.420
 tendency,

00:19:28.760 --> 00:19:30.500
 they kind

00:19:30.500 --> 00:19:31.020
 of come up

00:19:31.020 --> 00:19:31.280
 again,

00:19:31.360 --> 00:19:31.780
 don't they?

00:19:32.140 --> 00:19:32.680
 But why?

00:19:32.760 --> 00:19:33.300
 Why can't

00:19:33.300 --> 00:19:33.600
 we just

00:19:33.600 --> 00:19:34.160
 have the

00:19:34.160 --> 00:19:34.880
 never-ending

00:19:34.880 --> 00:19:35.760
 fresh start?

00:19:37.660 --> 00:19:38.180
 Well,

00:19:38.220 --> 00:19:38.820
 I think we

00:19:38.820 --> 00:19:39.920
 have a sense

00:19:39.920 --> 00:19:40.260
 of that

00:19:40.260 --> 00:19:40.740
 already.

00:19:42.100 --> 00:19:43.040
 Even if the

00:19:43.040 --> 00:19:43.680
 world was

00:19:43.680 --> 00:19:44.900
 washed clean

00:19:44.900 --> 00:19:46.560
 for us to

00:19:46.560 --> 00:19:47.340
 begin again,

00:19:48.180 --> 00:19:48.760
 we'd still

00:19:48.760 --> 00:19:49.260
 be there.

00:19:49.259 --> 00:19:50.519
 even if the

00:19:50.519 --> 00:19:50.920
 world was

00:19:50.920 --> 00:19:51.180
 washed

00:19:51.180 --> 00:19:51.500
 clean for

00:19:51.500 --> 00:19:51.779
 us to

00:19:51.779 --> 00:19:52.220
 begin again,

00:19:52.440 --> 00:19:53.059
 we'd still

00:19:53.059 --> 00:19:53.480
 be there

00:19:53.480 --> 00:19:54.640
 carrying with

00:19:54.640 --> 00:19:55.000
 us our

00:19:55.000 --> 00:19:56.619
 personal strain

00:19:56.619 --> 00:19:57.440
 and mutation

00:19:57.440 --> 00:19:58.579
 of the

00:19:58.579 --> 00:19:59.319
 sin virus.

00:20:01.180 --> 00:20:01.859
 It's along

00:20:01.859 --> 00:20:02.519
 the lines of

00:20:02.519 --> 00:20:02.940
 the old

00:20:02.940 --> 00:20:03.400
 quip,

00:20:04.140 --> 00:20:04.579
 and some of

00:20:04.579 --> 00:20:04.819
 you will

00:20:04.819 --> 00:20:05.200
 know this

00:20:05.200 --> 00:20:05.339
 one,

00:20:05.420 --> 00:20:05.640
 if you

00:20:05.640 --> 00:20:06.099
 find the

00:20:06.099 --> 00:20:06.440
 perfect

00:20:06.440 --> 00:20:06.920
 church,

00:20:07.640 --> 00:20:08.900
 don't join

00:20:08.900 --> 00:20:09.180
 us,

00:20:09.460 --> 00:20:09.960
 you'd spoil

00:20:09.960 --> 00:20:10.240
 us.

00:20:11.619 --> 00:20:12.420
 Which we can

00:20:12.420 --> 00:20:13.720
 modify as,

00:20:13.920 --> 00:20:14.599
 if you find the

00:20:14.599 --> 00:20:15.220
 perfect new

00:20:15.220 --> 00:20:15.740
 starts,

00:20:15.740 --> 00:20:17.400
 don't go

00:20:17.400 --> 00:20:17.799
 for it,

00:20:17.900 --> 00:20:18.480
 you'd spoil

00:20:18.480 --> 00:20:18.740
 it.

00:20:20.779 --> 00:20:21.440
 Let's jump

00:20:21.440 --> 00:20:21.900
 down to

00:20:21.900 --> 00:20:22.539
 verse 18

00:20:22.539 --> 00:20:23.519
 and look

00:20:23.519 --> 00:20:23.759
 at what

00:20:23.759 --> 00:20:24.240
 happened to

00:20:24.240 --> 00:20:24.980
 this new

00:20:24.980 --> 00:20:25.299
 start,

00:20:25.400 --> 00:20:26.019
 this global

00:20:26.019 --> 00:20:28.039
 new start.

00:20:29.240 --> 00:20:29.900
 They come

00:20:29.900 --> 00:20:30.279
 out of the

00:20:30.279 --> 00:20:30.539
 ark,

00:20:30.640 --> 00:20:31.319
 verse 18,

00:20:32.500 --> 00:20:33.099
 Noah and

00:20:33.099 --> 00:20:33.740
 his sons

00:20:33.740 --> 00:20:34.559
 and their

00:20:34.559 --> 00:20:35.099
 families,

00:20:36.559 --> 00:20:37.339
 and verse

00:20:37.339 --> 00:20:37.740
 20,

00:20:38.299 --> 00:20:38.980
 Noah, a

00:20:38.980 --> 00:20:39.460
 man of the

00:20:39.460 --> 00:20:39.740
 soil,

00:20:39.880 --> 00:20:40.480
 proceeded to

00:20:40.480 --> 00:20:40.920
 plant a

00:20:40.920 --> 00:20:41.400
 vineyard,

00:20:42.400 --> 00:20:42.720
 and when he

00:20:42.720 --> 00:20:43.240
 drank some

00:20:43.240 --> 00:20:43.519
 of its

00:20:43.519 --> 00:20:43.880
 wine,

00:20:44.000 --> 00:20:44.400
 he became

00:20:44.400 --> 00:20:45.299
 drunk and

00:20:45.299 --> 00:20:45.620
 lay on

00:20:45.619 --> 00:20:47.079
 covered inside

00:20:47.079 --> 00:20:47.719
 his tent.

00:20:48.119 --> 00:20:48.819
 Verse 22,

00:20:49.099 --> 00:20:50.139
 Ham, the

00:20:50.139 --> 00:20:50.659
 father of

00:20:50.659 --> 00:20:51.599
 Canaan, saw

00:20:51.599 --> 00:20:52.139
 his father

00:20:52.139 --> 00:20:53.159
 naked and

00:20:53.159 --> 00:20:53.899
 told his

00:20:53.899 --> 00:20:56.039
 brothers outside.

00:20:57.739 --> 00:20:58.719
 It's chapter

00:20:58.719 --> 00:20:59.599
 one to three

00:20:59.599 --> 00:21:00.099
 again, isn't

00:21:00.099 --> 00:21:00.219
 it?

00:21:00.239 --> 00:21:00.639
 It's like the

00:21:00.639 --> 00:21:01.579
 garden all

00:21:01.579 --> 00:21:02.379
 over again,

00:21:02.879 --> 00:21:03.839
 sin and its

00:21:03.839 --> 00:21:04.519
 consequences.

00:21:05.879 --> 00:21:06.419
 And we have

00:21:06.419 --> 00:21:07.279
 fruit again as

00:21:07.279 --> 00:21:08.279
 a trigger for

00:21:08.279 --> 00:21:09.079
 sinful actions.

00:21:09.619 --> 00:21:10.699
 This time it's

00:21:10.699 --> 00:21:11.819
 fruit from the

00:21:11.819 --> 00:21:12.919
 vine, grapes,

00:21:13.179 --> 00:21:13.639
 instead of

00:21:13.639 --> 00:21:14.559
 fruit from the

00:21:14.559 --> 00:21:15.259
 tree of the

00:21:15.259 --> 00:21:15.740
 knowledge of

00:21:15.740 --> 00:21:16.019
 good and

00:21:16.019 --> 00:21:16.299
 evil.

00:21:17.119 --> 00:21:17.640
 And Noah,

00:21:17.720 --> 00:21:18.779
 he's delighted

00:21:18.779 --> 00:21:19.400
 with his

00:21:19.400 --> 00:21:20.759
 post-flood

00:21:20.759 --> 00:21:22.379
 discovery of

00:21:22.379 --> 00:21:23.059
 his wine-making

00:21:23.059 --> 00:21:23.660
 abilities.

00:21:24.480 --> 00:21:25.200
 And nothing

00:21:25.200 --> 00:21:25.799
 wrong with

00:21:25.799 --> 00:21:26.539
 enjoying the

00:21:26.539 --> 00:21:27.680
 literal fruits

00:21:27.680 --> 00:21:28.279
 of your

00:21:28.279 --> 00:21:28.619
 labor.

00:21:29.700 --> 00:21:30.279
 There's nothing

00:21:30.279 --> 00:21:31.000
 wrong with

00:21:31.000 --> 00:21:31.140
 that.

00:21:31.200 --> 00:21:31.559
 There's nothing

00:21:31.559 --> 00:21:32.079
 wrong with

00:21:32.079 --> 00:21:33.000
 some of the

00:21:33.000 --> 00:21:34.079
 wine, verse

00:21:34.079 --> 00:21:34.579
 21.

00:21:36.039 --> 00:21:36.660
 But when

00:21:36.660 --> 00:21:38.140
 drinking and

00:21:38.140 --> 00:21:39.599
 sin can

00:21:39.599 --> 00:21:40.819
 combine, they

00:21:40.819 --> 00:21:41.359
 can combine

00:21:41.359 --> 00:21:42.200
 very quickly

00:21:42.200 --> 00:21:43.460
 to snare

00:21:43.460 --> 00:21:44.180
 the body

00:21:44.180 --> 00:21:45.000
 and the

00:21:45.000 --> 00:21:46.080
 mind and

00:21:46.080 --> 00:21:46.580
 lead to

00:21:46.580 --> 00:21:47.380
 drunkenness.

00:21:49.140 --> 00:21:49.440
 And like

00:21:49.440 --> 00:21:50.100
 the garden,

00:21:50.860 --> 00:21:51.460
 after the

00:21:51.460 --> 00:21:52.059
 episode of

00:21:52.059 --> 00:21:52.640
 sin, we

00:21:52.640 --> 00:21:53.140
 have this

00:21:53.140 --> 00:21:54.340
 following of

00:21:54.340 --> 00:21:55.039
 a sense of

00:21:55.039 --> 00:21:55.960
 nakedness and

00:21:55.960 --> 00:21:56.620
 a sense of

00:21:56.620 --> 00:21:57.519
 shame about

00:21:57.519 --> 00:21:57.920
 that.

00:21:58.559 --> 00:21:59.100
 Again, it's

00:21:59.100 --> 00:22:00.039
 all intentional

00:22:00.039 --> 00:22:01.819
 parallels between

00:22:01.819 --> 00:22:02.539
 the start in the

00:22:02.539 --> 00:22:03.100
 garden and the

00:22:03.100 --> 00:22:03.539
 start with

00:22:03.539 --> 00:22:03.840
 Noah.

00:22:04.640 --> 00:22:05.580
 Verse 22,

00:22:05.579 --> 00:22:09.359
 Ham, the

00:22:09.359 --> 00:22:09.859
 father of

00:22:09.859 --> 00:22:10.579
 Canaan, seeing

00:22:10.579 --> 00:22:11.099
 his father

00:22:11.099 --> 00:22:12.399
 nakedness.

00:22:13.279 --> 00:22:14.139
 And then we

00:22:14.139 --> 00:22:14.439
 have this

00:22:14.439 --> 00:22:15.619
 strange part

00:22:15.619 --> 00:22:16.159
 in some ways.

00:22:16.279 --> 00:22:16.699
 It feels like

00:22:16.699 --> 00:22:17.559
 an overreaction

00:22:17.559 --> 00:22:18.819
 by Noah.

00:22:18.899 --> 00:22:19.379
 After all, it

00:22:19.379 --> 00:22:19.879
 was he that

00:22:19.879 --> 00:22:21.199
 sins originally.

00:22:21.879 --> 00:22:22.199
 Poor

00:22:22.199 --> 00:22:23.480
 grandson

00:22:23.480 --> 00:22:24.460
 Canaan

00:22:24.460 --> 00:22:25.839
 ends up

00:22:25.839 --> 00:22:26.539
 getting cursed

00:22:26.539 --> 00:22:30.179
 because of

00:22:30.179 --> 00:22:30.740
 his father

00:22:30.740 --> 00:22:31.379
 Ham

00:22:31.379 --> 00:22:32.480
 happening to

00:22:32.480 --> 00:22:32.839
 see

00:22:32.839 --> 00:22:33.839
 granddad

00:22:33.839 --> 00:22:35.240
 Noah naked.

00:22:35.240 --> 00:22:35.859
 It's a

00:22:35.859 --> 00:22:36.960
 really strange

00:22:36.960 --> 00:22:37.599
 family

00:22:37.599 --> 00:22:38.859
 situation.

00:22:39.559 --> 00:22:40.319
 Verse 24

00:22:40.319 --> 00:22:41.299
 and 25,

00:22:41.380 --> 00:22:41.819
 when Noah

00:22:41.819 --> 00:22:42.480
 awoke from

00:22:42.480 --> 00:22:43.120
 his wine and

00:22:43.120 --> 00:22:44.059
 found out what

00:22:44.059 --> 00:22:44.640
 his youngest

00:22:44.640 --> 00:22:45.299
 son had done

00:22:45.299 --> 00:22:45.559
 to him, he

00:22:45.559 --> 00:22:45.700
 said,

00:22:46.039 --> 00:22:46.519
 curse be

00:22:46.519 --> 00:22:47.740
 Canaan, the

00:22:47.740 --> 00:22:48.259
 lowest of

00:22:48.259 --> 00:22:49.220
 slaves will

00:22:49.220 --> 00:22:49.859
 be all of

00:22:49.859 --> 00:22:50.420
 his brothers.

00:22:51.359 --> 00:22:51.900
 So we

00:22:51.900 --> 00:22:52.319
 have this

00:22:52.319 --> 00:22:52.980
 embarrassed

00:22:52.980 --> 00:22:54.500
 Noah and

00:22:54.500 --> 00:22:54.920
 his own

00:22:54.920 --> 00:22:55.339
 drunken

00:22:55.339 --> 00:22:56.279
 shame leading

00:22:56.279 --> 00:22:56.759
 to his

00:22:56.759 --> 00:22:58.819
 grandson being

00:22:58.819 --> 00:22:59.279
 cursed.

00:23:00.579 --> 00:23:00.900
 And the

00:23:00.900 --> 00:23:01.599
 cursing of

00:23:01.599 --> 00:23:03.480
 Noah, the

00:23:03.480 --> 00:23:04.220
 extremity of

00:23:04.220 --> 00:23:04.579
 that in some

00:23:04.579 --> 00:23:05.000
 way, points

00:23:05.000 --> 00:23:05.599
 us back to

00:23:05.599 --> 00:23:06.539
 consider how

00:23:06.539 --> 00:23:07.079
 bad the

00:23:07.079 --> 00:23:07.839
 behavior of

00:23:07.839 --> 00:23:08.740
 Ham was in

00:23:08.740 --> 00:23:09.500
 verse 22.

00:23:10.460 --> 00:23:11.119
 Look at what

00:23:11.119 --> 00:23:11.819
 it says right

00:23:11.819 --> 00:23:12.380
 at the end.

00:23:12.960 --> 00:23:13.339
 Ham, the

00:23:13.339 --> 00:23:13.640
 father of

00:23:13.640 --> 00:23:14.200
 Canaan, saw

00:23:14.200 --> 00:23:14.640
 his father

00:23:14.640 --> 00:23:16.400
 naked and

00:23:16.400 --> 00:23:17.279
 told his

00:23:17.279 --> 00:23:18.240
 two brothers

00:23:18.240 --> 00:23:19.380
 outside.

00:23:20.599 --> 00:23:21.079
 And instead

00:23:21.079 --> 00:23:22.680
 of protecting

00:23:22.680 --> 00:23:23.619
 his father's

00:23:23.619 --> 00:23:24.519
 dignity and

00:23:24.519 --> 00:23:25.700
 his father's

00:23:25.700 --> 00:23:26.619
 modesty,

00:23:27.339 --> 00:23:28.559
 Ham engaged

00:23:28.559 --> 00:23:29.579
 in shaming

00:23:29.579 --> 00:23:30.660
 his father.

00:23:31.079 --> 00:23:31.519
 And so we

00:23:31.519 --> 00:23:31.880
 get this

00:23:31.880 --> 00:23:33.880
 contrast between

00:23:33.880 --> 00:23:34.720
 his brother's

00:23:34.720 --> 00:23:35.400
 subsequent

00:23:35.400 --> 00:23:36.960
 modesty and

00:23:36.960 --> 00:23:37.800
 care for

00:23:37.800 --> 00:23:38.580
 their father

00:23:38.580 --> 00:23:40.060
 versus Ham's

00:23:40.060 --> 00:23:41.780
 neglect and

00:23:41.780 --> 00:23:43.220
 exposure of

00:23:43.220 --> 00:23:43.920
 his father's

00:23:43.920 --> 00:23:44.400
 shame.

00:23:45.220 --> 00:23:45.840
 And again,

00:23:45.840 --> 00:23:46.800
 the incident

00:23:46.800 --> 00:23:47.920
 might feel

00:23:47.920 --> 00:23:49.740
 small to us

00:23:49.740 --> 00:23:50.460
 or trivial,

00:23:50.960 --> 00:23:51.520
 but it's the

00:23:51.520 --> 00:23:52.920
 trigger for

00:23:52.920 --> 00:23:53.820
 Noah and

00:23:53.820 --> 00:23:55.080
 this family to

00:23:55.080 --> 00:23:55.780
 follow the

00:23:55.780 --> 00:23:57.000
 garden path

00:23:57.000 --> 00:23:58.339
 out of Eden

00:23:58.339 --> 00:23:59.099
 again.

00:24:00.200 --> 00:24:00.980
 Out of the

00:24:00.980 --> 00:24:01.619
 fresh start.

00:24:01.779 --> 00:24:02.339
 They walk

00:24:02.339 --> 00:24:03.039
 down the path

00:24:03.039 --> 00:24:03.619
 out of it

00:24:03.619 --> 00:24:05.119
 and split the

00:24:05.119 --> 00:24:05.940
 family line

00:24:05.940 --> 00:24:07.259
 between curses

00:24:07.259 --> 00:24:08.539
 on one hand

00:24:08.539 --> 00:24:09.500
 and blessings

00:24:09.500 --> 00:24:10.339
 on the other

00:24:10.339 --> 00:24:10.759
 hand.

00:24:11.299 --> 00:24:11.839
 Do you see it?

00:24:11.900 --> 00:24:12.240
 Do you see

00:24:12.240 --> 00:24:13.799
 Noah sins?

00:24:14.660 --> 00:24:15.819
 Ham sins?

00:24:16.460 --> 00:24:17.099
 Canaan is

00:24:17.099 --> 00:24:18.700
 cursed as a

00:24:18.700 --> 00:24:19.819
 slave while

00:24:19.819 --> 00:24:20.519
 the line of

00:24:20.519 --> 00:24:21.940
 Shem is

00:24:21.940 --> 00:24:22.599
 blessed.

00:24:24.119 --> 00:24:24.839
 The cycle

00:24:24.839 --> 00:24:25.460
 again of

00:24:25.460 --> 00:24:26.799
 fall and

00:24:26.799 --> 00:24:27.519
 blessing and

00:24:27.519 --> 00:24:28.600
 curses starts

00:24:28.600 --> 00:24:29.100
 again.

00:24:29.920 --> 00:24:30.500
 And this one

00:24:30.500 --> 00:24:31.440
 will reverberate

00:24:31.440 --> 00:24:32.400
 for centuries.

00:24:33.240 --> 00:24:33.860
 By the time

00:24:33.860 --> 00:24:35.340
 Moses, who we

00:24:35.340 --> 00:24:35.900
 believe wrote

00:24:35.900 --> 00:24:36.600
 Genesis in the

00:24:36.600 --> 00:24:37.340
 first five books

00:24:37.340 --> 00:24:37.799
 of the Bible,

00:24:38.319 --> 00:24:39.079
 sits down to

00:24:39.079 --> 00:24:39.680
 write this

00:24:39.680 --> 00:24:40.200
 account,

00:24:40.799 --> 00:24:41.299
 hundreds or

00:24:41.299 --> 00:24:41.819
 thousands of

00:24:41.819 --> 00:24:42.319
 years later,

00:24:42.900 --> 00:24:43.539
 we have the

00:24:43.539 --> 00:24:44.299
 Semites,

00:24:44.559 --> 00:24:45.200
 descended from

00:24:45.200 --> 00:24:46.200
 Shem or the

00:24:46.200 --> 00:24:46.700
 Israelites,

00:24:47.279 --> 00:24:48.500
 led by Moses,

00:24:48.920 --> 00:24:49.700
 about to go to

00:24:49.700 --> 00:24:51.140
 war with the

00:24:51.140 --> 00:24:52.200
 descendants of

00:24:52.200 --> 00:24:53.460
 Canaan,

00:24:54.160 --> 00:24:55.240
 the Canaanites,

00:24:55.460 --> 00:24:56.380
 who live in

00:24:56.380 --> 00:24:57.059
 the promised

00:24:57.059 --> 00:24:57.500
 land.

00:24:57.900 --> 00:24:58.299
 So the

00:24:58.299 --> 00:24:58.819
 Israelites have

00:24:58.819 --> 00:24:59.299
 come up out

00:24:59.299 --> 00:24:59.860
 of Egypt and

00:24:59.860 --> 00:25:00.100
 they're going

00:25:00.100 --> 00:25:00.500
 into the

00:25:00.500 --> 00:25:01.200
 promised land.

00:25:01.860 --> 00:25:02.460
 So the

00:25:02.460 --> 00:25:03.039
 descendants of

00:25:03.039 --> 00:25:03.420
 Shem,

00:25:04.039 --> 00:25:04.720
 meeting the

00:25:04.720 --> 00:25:05.440
 descendants of

00:25:05.440 --> 00:25:05.799
 Canaan,

00:25:05.940 --> 00:25:06.519
 hundreds or

00:25:06.519 --> 00:25:07.019
 thousands of

00:25:07.019 --> 00:25:07.539
 years later,

00:25:08.059 --> 00:25:08.779
 the curse

00:25:08.779 --> 00:25:10.440
 and the

00:25:10.440 --> 00:25:11.900
 blessing from

00:25:11.900 --> 00:25:12.960
 Noah's hand

00:25:12.960 --> 00:25:14.380
 eventually lead

00:25:14.380 --> 00:25:15.720
 to war.

00:25:17.319 --> 00:25:18.360
 So much

00:25:18.360 --> 00:25:19.120
 for the

00:25:19.120 --> 00:25:19.940
 fresh start.

00:25:19.940 --> 00:25:20.080
 fresh start.

00:25:25.080 --> 00:25:25.940
 And how

00:25:25.940 --> 00:25:26.779
 often in our

00:25:26.779 --> 00:25:29.080
 fresh starts

00:25:29.080 --> 00:25:29.519
 probably aren't

00:25:29.519 --> 00:25:30.000
 as dramatic

00:25:30.000 --> 00:25:30.519
 as that,

00:25:30.920 --> 00:25:31.200
 if we're

00:25:31.200 --> 00:25:31.519
 honest,

00:25:31.920 --> 00:25:32.500
 the opportunities

00:25:32.500 --> 00:25:33.019
 we've had,

00:25:33.080 --> 00:25:33.400
 but how

00:25:33.400 --> 00:25:34.140
 often in our

00:25:34.140 --> 00:25:35.400
 mini fresh

00:25:35.400 --> 00:25:35.960
 starts do

00:25:35.960 --> 00:25:36.340
 we end up

00:25:36.340 --> 00:25:37.019
 going down

00:25:37.019 --> 00:25:37.740
 the literal

00:25:37.740 --> 00:25:38.640
 or proverbial

00:25:38.640 --> 00:25:39.480
 garden path

00:25:39.480 --> 00:25:40.660
 again and

00:25:40.660 --> 00:25:42.059
 heading in

00:25:42.059 --> 00:25:42.420
 the wrong

00:25:42.420 --> 00:25:42.960
 direction.

00:25:44.140 --> 00:25:44.480
 And there's

00:25:44.480 --> 00:25:45.779
 almost a

00:25:45.779 --> 00:25:46.820
 paradox here

00:25:46.819 --> 00:25:47.259
 or a

00:25:47.259 --> 00:25:48.419
 slight tension

00:25:48.419 --> 00:25:49.720
 because our

00:25:49.720 --> 00:25:50.779
 fresh starts

00:25:50.779 --> 00:25:51.599
 are often a

00:25:51.599 --> 00:25:52.779
 needed blessing

00:25:52.779 --> 00:25:54.019
 and opportunity

00:25:54.019 --> 00:25:55.819
 and we need

00:25:55.819 --> 00:25:56.200
 them,

00:25:57.259 --> 00:25:57.619
 but we

00:25:57.619 --> 00:25:58.299
 spurn them

00:25:58.299 --> 00:25:59.139
 again and

00:25:59.139 --> 00:25:59.500
 again.

00:26:00.539 --> 00:26:00.879
 It's like

00:26:00.879 --> 00:26:01.419
 the stressed

00:26:01.419 --> 00:26:02.299
 father working

00:26:02.299 --> 00:26:03.000
 10 hours a

00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:03.299
 day.

00:26:04.919 --> 00:26:05.639
 And when

00:26:05.639 --> 00:26:06.500
 he's at

00:26:06.500 --> 00:26:07.000
 home now

00:26:07.000 --> 00:26:07.359
 because of

00:26:07.359 --> 00:26:07.639
 COVID,

00:26:08.439 --> 00:26:08.679
 and when

00:26:08.679 --> 00:26:09.319
 he's interrupted

00:26:09.319 --> 00:26:09.859
 by his

00:26:09.859 --> 00:26:10.399
 eight-year-old

00:26:10.399 --> 00:26:11.019
 daughter running

00:26:11.019 --> 00:26:11.579
 into his

00:26:11.579 --> 00:26:11.859
 room,

00:26:12.500 --> 00:26:13.220
 who just

00:26:13.220 --> 00:26:13.839
 needs 30

00:26:13.839 --> 00:26:14.460
 seconds,

00:26:15.480 --> 00:26:16.000
 he barks

00:26:16.000 --> 00:26:16.159
 back,

00:26:16.200 --> 00:26:16.359
 what do

00:26:16.359 --> 00:26:16.779
 you want?

00:26:17.579 --> 00:26:18.139
 Close the

00:26:18.139 --> 00:26:18.399
 door.

00:26:19.939 --> 00:26:20.639
 Instead of

00:26:20.639 --> 00:26:22.039
 How are

00:26:22.039 --> 00:26:22.299
 you?

00:26:23.279 --> 00:26:23.960
 It's good to

00:26:23.960 --> 00:26:24.179
 see you.

00:26:24.220 --> 00:26:24.599
 How can I

00:26:24.599 --> 00:26:24.819
 help,

00:26:24.899 --> 00:26:25.079
 pet?

00:26:26.819 --> 00:26:27.419
 You see,

00:26:27.539 --> 00:26:28.039
 the father

00:26:28.039 --> 00:26:29.779
 needs a

00:26:29.779 --> 00:26:30.359
 next time,

00:26:30.439 --> 00:26:30.759
 doesn't he?

00:26:30.819 --> 00:26:31.359
 He needs

00:26:31.359 --> 00:26:32.399
 a next start,

00:26:32.480 --> 00:26:32.939
 a new start,

00:26:33.000 --> 00:26:33.519
 to show an

00:26:33.519 --> 00:26:35.019
 ounce of

00:26:35.019 --> 00:26:36.720
 care towards

00:26:36.720 --> 00:26:37.079
 an image

00:26:37.079 --> 00:26:37.919
 bearer.

00:26:38.599 --> 00:26:39.119
 And a

00:26:39.119 --> 00:26:39.700
 fresh start

00:26:39.700 --> 00:26:40.099
 that comes

00:26:40.099 --> 00:26:40.559
 with a

00:26:40.559 --> 00:26:41.179
 new job.

00:26:41.379 --> 00:26:41.679
 There were

00:26:41.679 --> 00:26:42.039
 so many

00:26:42.039 --> 00:26:42.859
 negatives in

00:26:42.859 --> 00:26:43.200
 the old

00:26:43.200 --> 00:26:43.679
 place,

00:26:43.859 --> 00:26:44.859
 people either

00:26:44.859 --> 00:26:45.659
 not caring

00:26:45.659 --> 00:26:46.519
 about me or

00:26:46.519 --> 00:26:47.160
 the work or

00:26:47.160 --> 00:26:48.259
 demanding too

00:26:48.259 --> 00:26:48.639
 much out of

00:26:48.639 --> 00:26:48.799
 me.

00:26:49.240 --> 00:26:49.420
 Well,

00:26:49.460 --> 00:26:49.759
 this new

00:26:49.759 --> 00:26:49.980
 place,

00:26:50.039 --> 00:26:50.299
 I get to

00:26:50.299 --> 00:26:50.920
 start over.

00:26:51.339 --> 00:26:51.660
 I get to

00:26:51.660 --> 00:26:52.259
 build better

00:26:52.259 --> 00:26:52.839
 and put in

00:26:52.839 --> 00:26:53.400
 place better

00:26:53.400 --> 00:26:54.240
 working habits.

00:26:55.559 --> 00:26:56.019
 At our

00:26:56.019 --> 00:26:56.500
 home groups,

00:26:56.599 --> 00:26:56.799
 we've been

00:26:56.799 --> 00:26:57.139
 looking at

00:26:57.139 --> 00:26:57.720
 the life of

00:26:57.720 --> 00:26:58.079
 Noah,

00:26:58.480 --> 00:26:58.960
 or Noah,

00:26:59.339 --> 00:27:00.119
 I've done it

00:27:00.119 --> 00:27:00.319
 again,

00:27:00.680 --> 00:27:01.019
 Jonah,

00:27:01.379 --> 00:27:02.639
 the life of

00:27:02.639 --> 00:27:02.940
 Jonah.

00:27:03.639 --> 00:27:04.400
 Jonah ran

00:27:04.400 --> 00:27:04.819
 away,

00:27:05.819 --> 00:27:06.480
 and he

00:27:06.480 --> 00:27:07.139
 sailed away

00:27:07.139 --> 00:27:07.720
 from God.

00:27:07.799 --> 00:27:07.900
 He

00:27:07.900 --> 00:27:09.099
 disobeyed.

00:27:09.900 --> 00:27:10.359
 But God

00:27:10.359 --> 00:27:11.099
 patiently

00:27:11.099 --> 00:27:11.759
 chased him

00:27:11.759 --> 00:27:12.079
 down,

00:27:12.740 --> 00:27:13.279
 showed him

00:27:13.279 --> 00:27:13.740
 mercy,

00:27:14.299 --> 00:27:14.720
 and gave

00:27:14.720 --> 00:27:16.019
 Jonah a

00:27:16.019 --> 00:27:16.920
 second chance.

00:27:18.619 --> 00:27:19.039
 And like

00:27:19.039 --> 00:27:19.740
 Noah,

00:27:19.940 --> 00:27:20.940
 we can even

00:27:20.940 --> 00:27:22.000
 sometimes leave

00:27:22.000 --> 00:27:22.759
 it all behind.

00:27:22.940 --> 00:27:23.420
 We can leave

00:27:23.420 --> 00:27:23.940
 all of the

00:27:23.940 --> 00:27:24.859
 people and

00:27:24.859 --> 00:27:25.339
 all of the

00:27:25.339 --> 00:27:26.960
 circumstances and

00:27:26.960 --> 00:27:27.240
 have them

00:27:27.240 --> 00:27:27.980
 buried down.

00:27:28.539 --> 00:27:29.039
 And God can

00:27:29.039 --> 00:27:29.680
 even sit us

00:27:29.680 --> 00:27:29.879
 down.

00:27:29.980 --> 00:27:30.420
 He can open

00:27:30.420 --> 00:27:30.779
 up his

00:27:30.779 --> 00:27:31.539
 word and he

00:27:31.539 --> 00:27:32.559
 can lay out

00:27:32.559 --> 00:27:33.200
 for us how

00:27:33.200 --> 00:27:33.740
 to build

00:27:33.740 --> 00:27:34.359
 again and

00:27:34.359 --> 00:27:34.980
 what's going

00:27:34.980 --> 00:27:35.480
 to be different

00:27:35.480 --> 00:27:36.119
 this time and

00:27:36.119 --> 00:27:36.940
 how to behave

00:27:36.940 --> 00:27:37.400
 and how to

00:27:37.400 --> 00:27:38.460
 act like he

00:27:38.460 --> 00:27:38.980
 did at the

00:27:38.980 --> 00:27:39.460
 start of the

00:27:39.460 --> 00:27:39.799
 chapter.

00:27:39.799 --> 00:27:40.759
 And he

00:27:40.759 --> 00:27:41.039
 can give

00:27:41.039 --> 00:27:41.700
 his blessing

00:27:41.700 --> 00:27:42.940
 and he

00:27:42.940 --> 00:27:43.159
 can give

00:27:43.159 --> 00:27:43.799
 his direction.

00:27:45.460 --> 00:27:45.839
 You see,

00:27:45.919 --> 00:27:46.659
 we can thank

00:27:46.659 --> 00:27:47.220
 God for

00:27:47.220 --> 00:27:48.039
 fresh starts

00:27:48.039 --> 00:27:48.579
 and second

00:27:48.579 --> 00:27:49.039
 chances.

00:27:49.639 --> 00:27:50.180
 They are

00:27:50.180 --> 00:27:50.659
 a blessing.

00:27:52.039 --> 00:27:52.720
 But then

00:27:52.720 --> 00:27:53.139
 wham!

00:27:53.980 --> 00:27:54.740
 I turn and

00:27:54.740 --> 00:27:55.779
 I give out

00:27:55.779 --> 00:27:56.079
 to my

00:27:56.079 --> 00:27:57.220
 daughter again.

00:27:58.220 --> 00:27:58.659
 I cut

00:27:58.659 --> 00:27:59.119
 down the

00:27:59.119 --> 00:27:59.659
 new people

00:27:59.659 --> 00:28:00.480
 in my

00:28:00.480 --> 00:28:00.940
 job,

00:28:01.059 --> 00:28:01.940
 like my

00:28:01.940 --> 00:28:02.579
 old job.

00:28:03.079 --> 00:28:03.700
 Like Jonah,

00:28:03.819 --> 00:28:04.399
 I start to

00:28:04.399 --> 00:28:05.159
 grumble again

00:28:05.159 --> 00:28:05.700
 at God for

00:28:05.700 --> 00:28:06.339
 not sorting

00:28:06.339 --> 00:28:06.879
 out and

00:28:06.879 --> 00:28:07.619
 punishing

00:28:07.619 --> 00:28:08.619
 those people

00:28:08.619 --> 00:28:08.960
 that I

00:28:08.960 --> 00:28:09.599
 don't like.

00:28:09.799 --> 00:28:11.019
 Or wham!

00:28:11.079 --> 00:28:11.659
 Like Noah,

00:28:11.980 --> 00:28:13.159
 one day it's

00:28:13.159 --> 00:28:13.659
 about new

00:28:13.659 --> 00:28:14.480
 starts and

00:28:14.480 --> 00:28:15.200
 rainbows and

00:28:15.200 --> 00:28:15.980
 blessings and

00:28:15.980 --> 00:28:17.339
 then another

00:28:17.339 --> 00:28:18.039
 day I'm

00:28:18.039 --> 00:28:18.680
 drunk and

00:28:18.680 --> 00:28:19.259
 naked and

00:28:19.259 --> 00:28:20.039
 disgraced and

00:28:20.039 --> 00:28:20.639
 cursing my

00:28:20.639 --> 00:28:21.480
 own grandchild.

00:28:23.240 --> 00:28:24.039
 Is there

00:28:24.039 --> 00:28:25.819
 any hope for

00:28:25.819 --> 00:28:26.240
 our new

00:28:26.240 --> 00:28:26.639
 starts?

00:28:26.740 --> 00:28:27.460
 Any lasting

00:28:27.460 --> 00:28:27.919
 hope?

00:28:30.639 --> 00:28:31.359
 God

00:28:31.359 --> 00:28:32.779
 knows.

00:28:34.220 --> 00:28:34.940
 God

00:28:34.940 --> 00:28:35.839
 knows.

00:28:36.200 --> 00:28:37.119
 He knows

00:28:37.119 --> 00:28:38.159
 that new

00:28:38.159 --> 00:28:38.839
 starts

00:28:38.839 --> 00:28:40.299
 that new

00:28:40.299 --> 00:28:41.019
 starts give

00:28:41.019 --> 00:28:41.359
 way to

00:28:41.359 --> 00:28:42.019
 old

00:28:42.019 --> 00:28:43.099
 sins.

00:28:43.859 --> 00:28:44.799
 It's no

00:28:44.799 --> 00:28:45.819
 surprise to

00:28:45.819 --> 00:28:46.179
 God.

00:28:47.219 --> 00:28:48.139
 Look back

00:28:48.139 --> 00:28:49.679
 Genesis 8

00:28:49.679 --> 00:28:50.659
 21.

00:28:51.059 --> 00:28:51.399
 We saw

00:28:51.399 --> 00:28:52.019
 this last

00:28:52.019 --> 00:28:52.359
 week.

00:28:53.659 --> 00:28:54.799
 Genesis 8

00:28:54.799 --> 00:28:55.759
 and verse

00:28:55.759 --> 00:28:56.339
 21.

00:28:57.179 --> 00:28:57.599
 The Lord

00:28:57.599 --> 00:28:58.159
 smelled a

00:28:58.159 --> 00:28:58.899
 pleasing aroma.

00:28:59.559 --> 00:29:00.339
 This is after

00:29:00.339 --> 00:29:00.799
 they've come out

00:29:00.799 --> 00:29:01.699
 of the ark and

00:29:01.699 --> 00:29:02.519
 they've sacrificed

00:29:02.519 --> 00:29:03.159
 to the Lord

00:29:03.159 --> 00:29:04.359
 in thanksgiving.

00:29:04.359 --> 00:29:07.019
 this is what

00:29:07.019 --> 00:29:07.479
 he says in

00:29:07.479 --> 00:29:08.139
 his heart.

00:29:10.099 --> 00:29:11.000
 Never again

00:29:11.000 --> 00:29:11.679
 will I curse

00:29:11.679 --> 00:29:12.399
 the ground

00:29:12.399 --> 00:29:12.919
 because of

00:29:12.919 --> 00:29:13.379
 humans,

00:29:13.819 --> 00:29:15.419
 even though

00:29:15.419 --> 00:29:16.839
 every inclination

00:29:16.839 --> 00:29:17.679
 of the human

00:29:17.679 --> 00:29:19.199
 heart is evil

00:29:19.199 --> 00:29:20.019
 from childhood

00:29:20.019 --> 00:29:21.279
 and never again

00:29:21.279 --> 00:29:22.059
 will I destroy

00:29:22.059 --> 00:29:23.079
 all living

00:29:23.079 --> 00:29:23.740
 creatures as

00:29:23.740 --> 00:29:24.319
 I have done.

00:29:25.240 --> 00:29:26.059
 As long as

00:29:26.059 --> 00:29:26.419
 the earth

00:29:26.419 --> 00:29:26.959
 endures,

00:29:27.099 --> 00:29:27.699
 sea time and

00:29:27.699 --> 00:29:28.119
 harvest,

00:29:28.339 --> 00:29:28.779
 cold and

00:29:28.779 --> 00:29:29.039
 heat,

00:29:29.199 --> 00:29:29.539
 summer and

00:29:29.539 --> 00:29:29.759
 winter,

00:29:29.979 --> 00:29:30.679
 day and

00:29:30.679 --> 00:29:31.099
 night,

00:29:31.579 --> 00:29:32.539
 will never

00:29:32.539 --> 00:29:33.679
 cease.

00:29:34.359 --> 00:29:35.740
 Remember,

00:29:35.859 --> 00:29:36.359
 the world

00:29:36.359 --> 00:29:37.039
 has been

00:29:37.039 --> 00:29:37.939
 cleansed,

00:29:38.099 --> 00:29:38.759
 everything has

00:29:38.759 --> 00:29:39.459
 been buried

00:29:39.459 --> 00:29:40.099
 and done

00:29:40.099 --> 00:29:40.619
 away with

00:29:40.619 --> 00:29:41.539
 and before

00:29:41.539 --> 00:29:42.059
 there's even

00:29:42.059 --> 00:29:43.039
 a flicker

00:29:43.039 --> 00:29:44.599
 of rebellion,

00:29:44.839 --> 00:29:45.139
 of new

00:29:45.139 --> 00:29:45.519
 rebellion,

00:29:45.759 --> 00:29:47.399
 God promises

00:29:47.399 --> 00:29:49.519
 to never

00:29:49.519 --> 00:29:50.659
 judge the

00:29:50.659 --> 00:29:51.259
 whole earth

00:29:51.259 --> 00:29:51.919
 again because

00:29:51.919 --> 00:29:53.379
 of mankind's

00:29:53.379 --> 00:29:53.619
 sin.

00:29:55.299 --> 00:29:55.899
 Because

00:29:55.899 --> 00:29:56.899
 we can look

00:29:56.899 --> 00:29:57.579
 back at

00:29:57.579 --> 00:29:58.699
 the time of

00:29:58.699 --> 00:29:59.240
 Noah and

00:29:59.240 --> 00:30:00.139
 Genesis and

00:30:00.139 --> 00:30:01.819
 kind of wonder

00:30:01.819 --> 00:30:02.500
 but the reality

00:30:02.500 --> 00:30:03.079
 is this,

00:30:03.079 --> 00:30:04.659
 God could

00:30:04.659 --> 00:30:06.319
 justly wipe

00:30:06.319 --> 00:30:08.039
 out every

00:30:08.039 --> 00:30:09.099
 generation on

00:30:09.099 --> 00:30:09.799
 this earth.

00:30:10.879 --> 00:30:11.699
 He could

00:30:11.699 --> 00:30:12.500
 justly wipe

00:30:12.500 --> 00:30:13.039
 out every

00:30:13.039 --> 00:30:13.919
 generation on

00:30:13.919 --> 00:30:14.240
 this earth.

00:30:14.319 --> 00:30:14.539
 He could

00:30:14.539 --> 00:30:15.299
 repeat this

00:30:15.299 --> 00:30:17.299
 every single

00:30:17.299 --> 00:30:19.039
 generation because

00:30:19.039 --> 00:30:19.539
 of sin.

00:30:19.779 --> 00:30:20.460
 Because fresh

00:30:20.460 --> 00:30:21.359
 start means

00:30:21.359 --> 00:30:22.679
 fresh sin.

00:30:23.980 --> 00:30:24.899
 But God's

00:30:24.899 --> 00:30:26.039
 judgment on

00:30:26.039 --> 00:30:26.539
 the earth is

00:30:26.539 --> 00:30:28.119
 stayed because

00:30:28.119 --> 00:30:29.480
 of his promise.

00:30:29.480 --> 00:30:30.799
 God's

00:30:30.799 --> 00:30:31.460
 and we

00:30:31.460 --> 00:30:32.160
 see that

00:30:32.160 --> 00:30:33.740
 through chapter

00:30:33.740 --> 00:30:34.019
 nine,

00:30:34.140 --> 00:30:34.420
 don't we,

00:30:34.480 --> 00:30:35.319
 that being

00:30:35.319 --> 00:30:35.799
 given a

00:30:35.799 --> 00:30:36.680
 fresh start

00:30:36.680 --> 00:30:38.079
 and being

00:30:38.079 --> 00:30:38.579
 given a

00:30:38.579 --> 00:30:39.360
 clean slate

00:30:39.360 --> 00:30:40.160
 is not

00:30:40.160 --> 00:30:41.220
 a sufficient

00:30:41.220 --> 00:30:42.660
 remedy

00:30:42.660 --> 00:30:43.819
 for the

00:30:43.819 --> 00:30:44.579
 human condition

00:30:44.579 --> 00:30:45.460
 or for

00:30:45.460 --> 00:30:46.200
 human plight.

00:30:46.680 --> 00:30:47.420
 It is not.

00:30:47.819 --> 00:30:48.559
 A fresh start

00:30:48.559 --> 00:30:49.059
 and a clean

00:30:49.059 --> 00:30:50.240
 slate like

00:30:50.240 --> 00:30:50.980
 this is not.

00:30:51.220 --> 00:30:52.140
 Even before

00:30:52.140 --> 00:30:52.920
 we read a

00:30:52.920 --> 00:30:53.819
 single word

00:30:53.819 --> 00:30:54.740
 of a fall

00:30:54.740 --> 00:30:55.259
 from chapter

00:30:55.259 --> 00:30:55.559
 nine,

00:30:55.559 --> 00:30:56.399
 God is

00:30:56.399 --> 00:30:57.139
 promising

00:30:57.139 --> 00:30:57.799
 in his

00:30:57.799 --> 00:30:59.099
 heart to

00:30:59.099 --> 00:30:59.579
 be the

00:30:59.579 --> 00:31:00.599
 one that

00:31:00.599 --> 00:31:01.399
 is faithful,

00:31:02.019 --> 00:31:02.619
 to be the

00:31:02.619 --> 00:31:03.139
 one that

00:31:03.139 --> 00:31:03.839
 is merciful

00:31:03.839 --> 00:31:04.659
 towards his

00:31:04.659 --> 00:31:05.240
 creation.

00:31:06.179 --> 00:31:06.859
 The hope

00:31:06.859 --> 00:31:07.220
 for the

00:31:07.220 --> 00:31:07.940
 human condition

00:31:07.940 --> 00:31:10.579
 is God.

00:31:11.099 --> 00:31:11.559
 The hope

00:31:11.559 --> 00:31:11.859
 for the

00:31:11.859 --> 00:31:12.440
 human condition

00:31:12.440 --> 00:31:12.919
 is God

00:31:12.919 --> 00:31:13.500
 for him

00:31:13.500 --> 00:31:14.879
 to act

00:31:14.879 --> 00:31:16.440
 in steadfast

00:31:16.440 --> 00:31:17.519
 love towards

00:31:17.519 --> 00:31:18.220
 his sinful

00:31:18.220 --> 00:31:19.359
 image bearers.

00:31:20.339 --> 00:31:20.539
 And this

00:31:20.539 --> 00:31:21.220
 brings us to

00:31:21.220 --> 00:31:22.000
 the heart

00:31:22.000 --> 00:31:22.659
 of the chapter

00:31:22.659 --> 00:31:23.899
 from verses

00:31:23.899 --> 00:31:24.899
 eight to

00:31:24.899 --> 00:31:25.419
 seventeen,

00:31:25.420 --> 00:31:25.960
 where God

00:31:25.960 --> 00:31:27.300
 establishes

00:31:27.300 --> 00:31:28.360
 a covenant

00:31:28.360 --> 00:31:29.400
 with his

00:31:29.400 --> 00:31:30.019
 creation.

00:31:31.240 --> 00:31:31.880
 Let's look

00:31:31.880 --> 00:31:32.620
 at verse

00:31:32.620 --> 00:31:33.180
 eight to

00:31:33.180 --> 00:31:33.519
 eleven.

00:31:34.400 --> 00:31:35.019
 Then God

00:31:35.019 --> 00:31:35.580
 said to

00:31:35.580 --> 00:31:35.920
 Noah and

00:31:35.920 --> 00:31:36.440
 his sons

00:31:36.440 --> 00:31:36.779
 with him,

00:31:36.840 --> 00:31:37.240
 I now

00:31:37.240 --> 00:31:38.000
 establish my

00:31:38.000 --> 00:31:38.440
 covenant

00:31:38.440 --> 00:31:39.200
 with you

00:31:39.200 --> 00:31:40.480
 and with

00:31:40.480 --> 00:31:40.640
 your

00:31:40.640 --> 00:31:41.039
 descendants

00:31:41.039 --> 00:31:41.620
 after you

00:31:41.620 --> 00:31:41.940
 and with

00:31:41.940 --> 00:31:42.580
 every living

00:31:42.580 --> 00:31:42.940
 creature

00:31:42.940 --> 00:31:43.259
 that was

00:31:43.259 --> 00:31:43.580
 with you,

00:31:43.640 --> 00:31:44.080
 the birds,

00:31:44.220 --> 00:31:44.680
 the livestock,

00:31:45.039 --> 00:31:45.720
 all the wild

00:31:45.720 --> 00:31:46.100
 animals,

00:31:46.440 --> 00:31:47.160
 and all those

00:31:47.160 --> 00:31:47.620
 that came out

00:31:47.620 --> 00:31:48.019
 of the ark

00:31:48.019 --> 00:31:48.380
 with you,

00:31:48.460 --> 00:31:48.980
 every living

00:31:48.980 --> 00:31:49.440
 creature on

00:31:49.440 --> 00:31:49.640
 earth,

00:31:50.060 --> 00:31:51.220
 I establish

00:31:51.220 --> 00:31:52.080
 my covenant

00:31:52.080 --> 00:31:52.860
 with you.

00:31:53.380 --> 00:31:54.200
 Never again

00:31:54.200 --> 00:31:54.980
 will all life

00:31:54.980 --> 00:31:55.640
 be destroyed

00:31:55.640 --> 00:31:56.360
 by the waters

00:31:56.360 --> 00:31:56.940
 of a flood,

00:31:57.400 --> 00:31:58.220
 never again

00:31:58.220 --> 00:31:59.279
 will there be

00:31:59.279 --> 00:32:00.120
 a flood

00:32:00.120 --> 00:32:01.380
 to destroy

00:32:01.380 --> 00:32:02.400
 the earth.

00:32:05.140 --> 00:32:05.700
 God's

00:32:05.700 --> 00:32:06.500
 relationship

00:32:06.500 --> 00:32:07.140
 with his

00:32:07.140 --> 00:32:07.900
 creation,

00:32:08.360 --> 00:32:08.740
 with you

00:32:08.740 --> 00:32:09.160
 and me,

00:32:09.579 --> 00:32:10.279
 is always

00:32:10.279 --> 00:32:11.180
 through a

00:32:11.180 --> 00:32:11.640
 covenant.

00:32:13.000 --> 00:32:14.099
 But what is a

00:32:14.099 --> 00:32:14.460
 covenant?

00:32:15.759 --> 00:32:16.279
 Well,

00:32:16.319 --> 00:32:17.120
 there's many

00:32:17.120 --> 00:32:17.779
 ways to try

00:32:17.779 --> 00:32:18.920
 and sum up

00:32:18.920 --> 00:32:19.599
 what a covenant

00:32:19.599 --> 00:32:20.139
 is in the

00:32:20.139 --> 00:32:20.399
 Bible.

00:32:21.299 --> 00:32:21.939
 Here's one

00:32:21.939 --> 00:32:22.079
 way,

00:32:22.159 --> 00:32:22.299
 and I'll

00:32:22.299 --> 00:32:22.579
 say it

00:32:22.579 --> 00:32:22.959
 twice.

00:32:23.859 --> 00:32:24.539
 A covenant

00:32:24.539 --> 00:32:25.879
 is a

00:32:25.879 --> 00:32:26.339
 voluntary

00:32:26.339 --> 00:32:27.699
 relationship

00:32:27.699 --> 00:32:29.199
 involving

00:32:29.199 --> 00:32:29.719
 solemn

00:32:29.719 --> 00:32:30.599
 commitments

00:32:30.599 --> 00:32:31.740
 under oath

00:32:31.740 --> 00:32:32.719
 between

00:32:32.719 --> 00:32:33.319
 parties.

00:32:33.740 --> 00:32:34.279
 There's a

00:32:34.279 --> 00:32:34.599
 lot in

00:32:34.599 --> 00:32:34.799
 there,

00:32:34.980 --> 00:32:35.359
 say it

00:32:35.359 --> 00:32:35.599
 again.

00:32:35.980 --> 00:32:36.500
 A covenant

00:32:36.500 --> 00:32:37.119
 is a

00:32:37.119 --> 00:32:37.619
 voluntary

00:32:37.619 --> 00:32:39.279
 relationship

00:32:39.279 --> 00:32:40.619
 involving

00:32:40.619 --> 00:32:41.339
 solemn

00:32:41.339 --> 00:32:41.899
 commitments

00:32:41.899 --> 00:32:42.799
 under oath

00:32:42.799 --> 00:32:43.379
 between

00:32:43.379 --> 00:32:44.419
 parties.

00:32:45.759 --> 00:32:46.480
 And hopefully

00:32:46.480 --> 00:32:47.019
 we'll see

00:32:47.019 --> 00:32:47.519
 some of those

00:32:47.519 --> 00:32:48.419
 elements as we

00:32:48.420 --> 00:32:48.880
 look at this

00:32:48.880 --> 00:32:49.100
 one.

00:32:50.039 --> 00:32:50.340
 And the

00:32:50.340 --> 00:32:51.320
 closest human

00:32:51.320 --> 00:32:51.759
 equivalent,

00:32:52.039 --> 00:32:52.420
 and I think

00:32:52.420 --> 00:32:53.000
 this is quite a

00:32:53.000 --> 00:32:53.320
 common

00:32:53.320 --> 00:32:54.960
 comparison to

00:32:54.960 --> 00:32:55.440
 the biblical

00:32:55.440 --> 00:32:55.920
 covenant,

00:32:56.220 --> 00:32:56.940
 is the one

00:32:56.940 --> 00:32:57.940
 between a

00:32:57.940 --> 00:32:58.420
 man and a

00:32:58.420 --> 00:32:58.820
 woman in

00:32:58.820 --> 00:32:59.320
 marriage.

00:32:59.720 --> 00:33:00.240
 One man

00:33:00.240 --> 00:33:00.580
 and one

00:33:00.580 --> 00:33:01.340
 woman make

00:33:01.340 --> 00:33:02.500
 promises and

00:33:02.500 --> 00:33:03.320
 commitments to

00:33:03.320 --> 00:33:03.759
 each other

00:33:03.759 --> 00:33:04.680
 that will

00:33:04.680 --> 00:33:05.380
 bless them,

00:33:05.620 --> 00:33:06.000
 that will

00:33:06.000 --> 00:33:06.720
 enrich them,

00:33:06.840 --> 00:33:07.400
 and that only

00:33:07.400 --> 00:33:08.140
 death can

00:33:08.140 --> 00:33:08.560
 separate.

00:33:09.680 --> 00:33:10.259
 And in a

00:33:10.259 --> 00:33:10.720
 covenant,

00:33:11.180 --> 00:33:11.759
 like in a

00:33:11.759 --> 00:33:12.140
 marriage,

00:33:12.800 --> 00:33:13.680
 the emphasis

00:33:13.680 --> 00:33:14.440
 is always on

00:33:14.440 --> 00:33:15.360
 the relationship,

00:33:16.039 --> 00:33:16.900
 the relationship

00:33:16.900 --> 00:33:17.560
 between the

00:33:17.560 --> 00:33:18.000
 parties.

00:33:18.420 --> 00:33:19.539
 So God

00:33:19.539 --> 00:33:20.160
 here is

00:33:20.160 --> 00:33:20.480
 making

00:33:20.480 --> 00:33:21.380
 deep,

00:33:22.240 --> 00:33:23.100
 lasting,

00:33:23.340 --> 00:33:24.140
 relational

00:33:24.140 --> 00:33:26.539
 commitments and

00:33:26.539 --> 00:33:27.180
 covenants

00:33:27.180 --> 00:33:27.759
 here.

00:33:28.620 --> 00:33:29.320
 And we

00:33:29.320 --> 00:33:29.840
 see that

00:33:29.840 --> 00:33:30.600
 throughout the

00:33:30.600 --> 00:33:30.920
 scriptures,

00:33:31.160 --> 00:33:31.640
 through all the

00:33:31.640 --> 00:33:32.300
 other covenants

00:33:32.300 --> 00:33:32.720
 as well.

00:33:33.539 --> 00:33:34.300
 God makes

00:33:34.300 --> 00:33:35.019
 those deep,

00:33:35.220 --> 00:33:36.160
 deep commitments

00:33:36.160 --> 00:33:36.820
 to people.

00:33:37.640 --> 00:33:38.140
 And in the

00:33:38.140 --> 00:33:38.740
 Noahic

00:33:38.740 --> 00:33:39.140
 covenant,

00:33:39.279 --> 00:33:39.720
 the covenant

00:33:39.720 --> 00:33:40.259
 of Noah,

00:33:41.220 --> 00:33:42.080
 the God

00:33:42.080 --> 00:33:42.640
 of the

00:33:42.640 --> 00:33:43.660
 heavens and

00:33:43.660 --> 00:33:44.180
 the earth

00:33:44.180 --> 00:33:44.640
 and all

00:33:44.640 --> 00:33:45.240
 creation

00:33:45.240 --> 00:33:46.400
 freely

00:33:46.400 --> 00:33:47.680
 enters into

00:33:47.680 --> 00:33:48.460
 a binding

00:33:48.460 --> 00:33:49.279
 relationship

00:33:49.279 --> 00:33:49.759
 with his

00:33:49.759 --> 00:33:50.279
 creation.

00:33:51.059 --> 00:33:51.380
 And he

00:33:51.380 --> 00:33:52.200
 takes upon

00:33:52.200 --> 00:33:53.099
 himself

00:33:53.099 --> 00:33:54.720
 the

00:33:54.720 --> 00:33:55.259
 commitments

00:33:55.259 --> 00:33:55.980
 and the

00:33:55.980 --> 00:33:56.579
 promises

00:33:56.579 --> 00:33:57.279
 that he

00:33:57.279 --> 00:33:58.120
 will fulfill.

00:33:59.180 --> 00:33:59.539
 Yes,

00:33:59.599 --> 00:33:59.880
 there are

00:33:59.880 --> 00:34:00.519
 stipulations

00:34:00.519 --> 00:34:01.059
 on humans,

00:34:01.120 --> 00:34:01.480
 as we've

00:34:01.480 --> 00:34:01.779
 read,

00:34:02.259 --> 00:34:03.400
 to protect

00:34:03.400 --> 00:34:04.680
 life and

00:34:04.680 --> 00:34:05.200
 to protect

00:34:05.200 --> 00:34:05.620
 God's

00:34:05.620 --> 00:34:05.920
 image

00:34:05.920 --> 00:34:07.140
 bearers,

00:34:07.140 --> 00:34:07.720
 but it is

00:34:07.720 --> 00:34:09.059
 God who

00:34:09.059 --> 00:34:09.739
 makes and

00:34:09.739 --> 00:34:10.579
 upholds the

00:34:10.579 --> 00:34:11.300
 promise to

00:34:11.300 --> 00:34:12.340
 preserve life

00:34:12.340 --> 00:34:12.960
 on the

00:34:12.960 --> 00:34:13.720
 earth for

00:34:13.720 --> 00:34:14.400
 all

00:34:14.400 --> 00:34:15.200
 generations.

00:34:16.840 --> 00:34:17.120
 And that

00:34:17.120 --> 00:34:17.940
 is despite

00:34:17.940 --> 00:34:18.760
 each

00:34:18.760 --> 00:34:19.579
 generation

00:34:19.579 --> 00:34:20.840
 adding to

00:34:20.840 --> 00:34:21.519
 the fresh

00:34:21.519 --> 00:34:22.720
 mountains of

00:34:22.720 --> 00:34:23.300
 sin that

00:34:23.300 --> 00:34:23.760
 are building

00:34:23.760 --> 00:34:24.700
 and accumulating

00:34:24.700 --> 00:34:25.840
 all that

00:34:25.840 --> 00:34:26.720
 sin and

00:34:26.720 --> 00:34:27.600
 injustice that

00:34:27.600 --> 00:34:28.140
 we witness

00:34:28.140 --> 00:34:28.460
 in the

00:34:28.460 --> 00:34:28.820
 world.

00:34:29.700 --> 00:34:30.220
 So this

00:34:30.220 --> 00:34:31.240
 is how the

00:34:31.240 --> 00:34:31.940
 covenant here

00:34:31.940 --> 00:34:32.420
 works.

00:34:33.640 --> 00:34:34.519
 We've seen

00:34:34.519 --> 00:34:35.620
 Noah sins,

00:34:36.800 --> 00:34:37.780
 God sees

00:34:37.780 --> 00:34:39.200
 and remembers

00:34:39.200 --> 00:34:39.980
 his promise.

00:34:40.660 --> 00:34:41.440
 God waits,

00:34:41.440 --> 00:34:43.340
 God is

00:34:43.340 --> 00:34:44.059
 merciful and

00:34:44.059 --> 00:34:44.500
 patient.

00:34:45.340 --> 00:34:46.340
 The people,

00:34:46.659 --> 00:34:47.300
 including us,

00:34:47.440 --> 00:34:48.179
 after Noah

00:34:48.179 --> 00:34:48.619
 sin,

00:34:49.780 --> 00:34:51.099
 God sees

00:34:51.099 --> 00:34:52.679
 and God

00:34:52.679 --> 00:34:53.400
 remembers his

00:34:53.400 --> 00:34:55.260
 promise and

00:34:55.260 --> 00:34:56.760
 God waits.

00:34:56.940 --> 00:34:57.340
 God is

00:34:57.340 --> 00:34:59.400
 merciful and

00:34:59.400 --> 00:34:59.880
 God is

00:34:59.880 --> 00:35:00.380
 patient.

00:35:01.280 --> 00:35:02.039
 All the

00:35:02.039 --> 00:35:02.880
 time God is

00:35:02.880 --> 00:35:03.400
 remembering his

00:35:03.400 --> 00:35:04.519
 promise to

00:35:04.519 --> 00:35:05.300
 Noah, all

00:35:05.300 --> 00:35:06.039
 this time that

00:35:06.039 --> 00:35:06.340
 God is

00:35:06.340 --> 00:35:07.559
 remembering, he

00:35:07.559 --> 00:35:08.400
 also provides a

00:35:08.400 --> 00:35:08.980
 sign, a

00:35:08.980 --> 00:35:10.200
 physical sign, a

00:35:10.200 --> 00:35:10.900
 rainbow as a

00:35:10.900 --> 00:35:11.280
 reminder.

00:35:11.440 --> 00:35:13.519
 And future

00:35:13.519 --> 00:35:14.260
 covenants will

00:35:14.260 --> 00:35:14.619
 have their

00:35:14.619 --> 00:35:15.220
 signs, won't

00:35:15.220 --> 00:35:15.420
 they?

00:35:16.119 --> 00:35:16.720
 Circumcision,

00:35:17.720 --> 00:35:18.800
 the Sabbath or

00:35:18.800 --> 00:35:19.300
 baptism.

00:35:19.740 --> 00:35:20.280
 And each of

00:35:20.280 --> 00:35:22.360
 those signs will

00:35:22.360 --> 00:35:23.260
 see the human

00:35:23.260 --> 00:35:24.740
 side carry out

00:35:24.740 --> 00:35:25.380
 the cutting,

00:35:26.079 --> 00:35:27.079
 the observing or

00:35:27.079 --> 00:35:27.860
 the baptizing.

00:35:28.320 --> 00:35:28.619
 So there's

00:35:28.619 --> 00:35:29.460
 always a human

00:35:29.460 --> 00:35:30.840
 element in the

00:35:30.840 --> 00:35:31.840
 future signs and

00:35:31.840 --> 00:35:32.579
 the covenants

00:35:32.579 --> 00:35:33.139
 that will come.

00:35:33.500 --> 00:35:34.139
 But this

00:35:34.139 --> 00:35:34.840
 covenant and

00:35:34.840 --> 00:35:35.340
 sign is

00:35:35.340 --> 00:35:35.700
 different,

00:35:35.780 --> 00:35:36.139
 isn't it?

00:35:37.760 --> 00:35:38.500
 See, the

00:35:38.500 --> 00:35:39.159
 rainbow in the

00:35:39.159 --> 00:35:41.000
 sky, it's

00:35:41.000 --> 00:35:41.860
 enacted always

00:35:41.860 --> 00:35:42.780
 by who?

00:35:42.880 --> 00:35:43.800
 Not by us.

00:35:43.960 --> 00:35:44.699
 I mean, we

00:35:44.699 --> 00:35:45.000
 don't put

00:35:45.000 --> 00:35:45.539
 rainbows in

00:35:45.539 --> 00:35:45.920
 the sky.

00:35:46.280 --> 00:35:46.900
 It's enacted

00:35:46.900 --> 00:35:47.920
 by God.

00:35:48.940 --> 00:35:49.199
 And we're

00:35:49.199 --> 00:35:49.519
 not going to

00:35:49.519 --> 00:35:50.280
 read this all

00:35:50.280 --> 00:35:50.760
 again, but

00:35:50.760 --> 00:35:51.480
 just if you

00:35:51.480 --> 00:35:52.480
 glance down

00:35:52.480 --> 00:35:53.139
 through verses

00:35:53.139 --> 00:35:54.260
 12 onwards

00:35:54.260 --> 00:35:54.980
 about the

00:35:54.980 --> 00:35:56.280
 rainbow, it

00:35:56.280 --> 00:35:56.780
 says, this is

00:35:56.780 --> 00:35:57.440
 the sign of

00:35:57.440 --> 00:35:58.280
 the covenant I

00:35:58.280 --> 00:35:58.820
 am making.

00:35:59.219 --> 00:36:00.239
 I have set my

00:36:00.239 --> 00:36:01.179
 rainbow or my

00:36:01.179 --> 00:36:01.980
 hunter's bow,

00:36:02.039 --> 00:36:02.599
 literally, in

00:36:02.599 --> 00:36:03.219
 the clouds.

00:36:04.019 --> 00:36:04.820
 Whenever I

00:36:04.820 --> 00:36:05.519
 bring clouds

00:36:05.519 --> 00:36:06.159
 over the earth

00:36:06.159 --> 00:36:06.639
 and the rainbow

00:36:06.639 --> 00:36:07.340
 appears in the

00:36:07.340 --> 00:36:08.760
 clouds, I will

00:36:08.760 --> 00:36:09.480
 remember my

00:36:09.480 --> 00:36:09.880
 covenant.

00:36:10.420 --> 00:36:11.260
 I will see

00:36:11.260 --> 00:36:12.040
 it and remember

00:36:12.040 --> 00:36:12.920
 the everlasting

00:36:12.920 --> 00:36:13.600
 covenant.

00:36:14.560 --> 00:36:15.180
 So when it

00:36:15.180 --> 00:36:15.720
 comes to the

00:36:15.720 --> 00:36:16.300
 sign of the

00:36:16.300 --> 00:36:16.900
 covenant, the

00:36:16.900 --> 00:36:18.480
 rainbow, it's

00:36:18.480 --> 00:36:19.880
 all God.

00:36:20.420 --> 00:36:21.860
 I, I, I.

00:36:21.960 --> 00:36:22.860
 Not you, you,

00:36:23.000 --> 00:36:23.240
 you.

00:36:23.900 --> 00:36:24.960
 God is setting

00:36:24.960 --> 00:36:25.520
 the sign.

00:36:26.120 --> 00:36:27.180
 Not because he

00:36:27.180 --> 00:36:27.860
 would forget,

00:36:28.540 --> 00:36:29.560
 but so that we

00:36:29.560 --> 00:36:31.700
 are comforted to

00:36:31.700 --> 00:36:32.620
 know that God

00:36:32.620 --> 00:36:33.620
 is keeping his

00:36:33.620 --> 00:36:34.080
 promise.

00:36:34.079 --> 00:36:36.000
 because after

00:36:36.000 --> 00:36:36.500
 the global

00:36:36.500 --> 00:36:39.059
 flood, any

00:36:39.059 --> 00:36:39.940
 rain cloud in

00:36:39.940 --> 00:36:41.440
 the sky could

00:36:41.440 --> 00:36:41.840
 be a bit

00:36:41.840 --> 00:36:42.420
 threatening, a

00:36:42.420 --> 00:36:43.019
 bit menacing,

00:36:43.159 --> 00:36:43.559
 couldn't it?

00:36:43.860 --> 00:36:45.119
 Oh no, uh-oh,

00:36:45.440 --> 00:36:46.319
 oh, it's the

00:36:46.319 --> 00:36:46.880
 clouds again.

00:36:47.299 --> 00:36:47.960
 Uh-oh, we're

00:36:47.960 --> 00:36:48.579
 in trouble.

00:36:49.159 --> 00:36:50.539
 It's a threat of

00:36:50.539 --> 00:36:51.719
 judgment from God,

00:36:51.799 --> 00:36:52.699
 the clouds coming.

00:36:53.799 --> 00:36:54.719
 But God turns

00:36:54.719 --> 00:36:55.799
 around our fear

00:36:55.799 --> 00:36:58.079
 of judgment by

00:36:58.079 --> 00:36:59.159
 setting his bow

00:36:59.159 --> 00:37:00.360
 in the rain

00:37:00.360 --> 00:37:00.840
 clouds.

00:37:01.519 --> 00:37:02.619
 His bow, his

00:37:02.619 --> 00:37:03.739
 rainbow, serves as

00:37:03.739 --> 00:37:04.559
 a sign that he

00:37:04.559 --> 00:37:06.119
 would never judge

00:37:06.119 --> 00:37:07.259
 the earth by

00:37:07.259 --> 00:37:08.779
 flood again.

00:37:09.799 --> 00:37:12.259
 So brothers and

00:37:12.259 --> 00:37:12.919
 sisters in the

00:37:12.919 --> 00:37:13.479
 Lord, remember,

00:37:13.719 --> 00:37:15.859
 when you fail in

00:37:15.859 --> 00:37:16.599
 your actions and

00:37:16.599 --> 00:37:17.379
 your heart towards

00:37:17.379 --> 00:37:18.619
 your daughter, just

00:37:18.619 --> 00:37:19.379
 asking for some

00:37:19.379 --> 00:37:21.339
 help and remembering

00:37:21.339 --> 00:37:22.279
 that she too is a

00:37:22.279 --> 00:37:23.019
 sinner like you,

00:37:23.539 --> 00:37:25.219
 God is still

00:37:25.219 --> 00:37:27.099
 merciful and

00:37:27.099 --> 00:37:27.579
 patient.

00:37:28.539 --> 00:37:29.599
 When you reach the

00:37:29.599 --> 00:37:30.359
 end of yourself at

00:37:30.359 --> 00:37:31.859
 work because it's

00:37:31.859 --> 00:37:33.099
 full of sinners just

00:37:33.099 --> 00:37:34.819
 like you and you

00:37:34.819 --> 00:37:35.659
 want to collapse at

00:37:35.659 --> 00:37:36.099
 the end of the

00:37:36.099 --> 00:37:36.860
 day, remember that

00:37:36.860 --> 00:37:38.319
 God is still

00:37:38.319 --> 00:37:39.019
 merciful and

00:37:39.019 --> 00:37:39.400
 patient.

00:37:40.739 --> 00:37:41.619
 When you find

00:37:41.619 --> 00:37:42.679
 yourself like Jonah

00:37:42.679 --> 00:37:44.079
 grumbling at how

00:37:44.079 --> 00:37:44.880
 God is treating

00:37:44.880 --> 00:37:46.059
 your enemies better

00:37:46.059 --> 00:37:46.799
 than you think they

00:37:46.799 --> 00:37:48.900
 deserve, remember,

00:37:49.559 --> 00:37:50.500
 they are sinners just

00:37:50.500 --> 00:37:52.579
 like you and God is

00:37:52.579 --> 00:37:53.679
 merciful and patient.

00:37:54.380 --> 00:37:55.420
 When you mess up

00:37:55.420 --> 00:37:56.139
 like Noah in a

00:37:56.139 --> 00:37:57.279
 drunken, shameful

00:37:57.279 --> 00:37:58.319
 state and create

00:37:58.319 --> 00:37:59.139
 opportunities for

00:37:59.139 --> 00:38:00.639
 others to sin because

00:38:00.639 --> 00:38:01.679
 they are sinners just

00:38:01.679 --> 00:38:03.779
 like you, remember

00:38:03.779 --> 00:38:06.799
 God is merciful and

00:38:06.799 --> 00:38:07.259
 patient.

00:38:09.159 --> 00:38:10.159
 But for how

00:38:10.159 --> 00:38:10.539
 long?

00:38:12.500 --> 00:38:13.480
 For how long?

00:38:13.539 --> 00:38:15.819
 How long will God

00:38:15.819 --> 00:38:16.519
 put up with the

00:38:16.519 --> 00:38:17.799
 repeated failures of

00:38:17.799 --> 00:38:18.539
 the people on the

00:38:18.539 --> 00:38:18.719
 earth?

00:38:20.500 --> 00:38:21.379
 Where is the

00:38:21.379 --> 00:38:22.400
 justice and the

00:38:22.400 --> 00:38:24.819
 accounting that he

00:38:24.819 --> 00:38:26.239
 said was needed in

00:38:26.239 --> 00:38:26.980
 verse 5?

00:38:26.980 --> 00:38:29.360
 for all the

00:38:29.360 --> 00:38:31.940
 innocent blood that

00:38:31.940 --> 00:38:32.599
 has been spilled

00:38:32.599 --> 00:38:33.519
 since that day?

00:38:35.039 --> 00:38:35.820
 Well, the good

00:38:35.820 --> 00:38:36.480
 news is that the

00:38:36.480 --> 00:38:37.240
 cycle of new

00:38:37.240 --> 00:38:38.860
 starts and the

00:38:38.860 --> 00:38:39.539
 cycle of new

00:38:39.539 --> 00:38:40.219
 sins has been

00:38:40.219 --> 00:38:40.760
 broken.

00:38:41.760 --> 00:38:42.880
 It has been broken

00:38:42.880 --> 00:38:43.679
 by Jesus.

00:38:45.380 --> 00:38:47.539
 Jesus was the

00:38:47.539 --> 00:38:50.260
 first new human

00:38:50.260 --> 00:38:52.139
 being since Adam

00:38:52.139 --> 00:38:53.119
 and Eve that came

00:38:53.119 --> 00:38:57.019
 without sin and

00:38:57.019 --> 00:38:58.279
 his new start.

00:38:59.279 --> 00:39:00.799
 The new start in

00:39:00.799 --> 00:39:04.119
 Jesus lasts because

00:39:04.119 --> 00:39:05.779
 it is untainted by

00:39:05.779 --> 00:39:07.599
 failure and fall.

00:39:09.259 --> 00:39:10.359
 So that means the

00:39:10.359 --> 00:39:11.420
 day of accounting is

00:39:11.420 --> 00:39:11.940
 today.

00:39:13.539 --> 00:39:15.619
 Jesus, who never

00:39:15.619 --> 00:39:18.819
 sinned, says turn

00:39:18.819 --> 00:39:20.940
 from your sin and

00:39:20.940 --> 00:39:22.239
 put your trust in

00:39:22.239 --> 00:39:24.319
 me so that your

00:39:24.319 --> 00:39:26.219
 sin is credited to

00:39:26.219 --> 00:39:27.959
 me and taken care

00:39:27.959 --> 00:39:30.019
 of by my perfect

00:39:30.019 --> 00:39:32.199
 sinless death on

00:39:32.199 --> 00:39:33.819
 the cross on your

00:39:33.819 --> 00:39:34.399
 behalf.

00:39:36.459 --> 00:39:38.959
 We can only fully

00:39:38.959 --> 00:39:39.919
 benefit from these

00:39:39.919 --> 00:39:41.219
 promises of God,

00:39:41.819 --> 00:39:43.399
 his promise,

00:39:44.159 --> 00:39:45.239
 covenantal promise

00:39:45.239 --> 00:39:46.659
 of mercy and

00:39:46.659 --> 00:39:47.939
 patience if we

00:39:47.939 --> 00:39:48.819
 have given our

00:39:48.819 --> 00:39:50.339
 sin over to

00:39:50.340 --> 00:39:50.700
 Jesus.

00:39:52.160 --> 00:39:52.720
 And if we have

00:39:52.720 --> 00:39:53.320
 done that, we

00:39:53.320 --> 00:39:55.079
 are now safe in

00:39:55.079 --> 00:39:56.960
 him from any

00:39:56.960 --> 00:39:58.620
 threat of

00:39:58.620 --> 00:39:59.920
 punishment or

00:39:59.920 --> 00:40:00.340
 judgment.

00:40:03.000 --> 00:40:04.600
 To understand the

00:40:04.600 --> 00:40:05.440
 urgency of this,

00:40:05.620 --> 00:40:06.440
 that the time of

00:40:06.440 --> 00:40:07.340
 accounting and

00:40:07.340 --> 00:40:08.280
 salvation is today,

00:40:08.380 --> 00:40:09.400
 I want to finish by

00:40:09.400 --> 00:40:10.660
 reading from 2

00:40:10.660 --> 00:40:12.820
 Peter chapter 3 in

00:40:12.820 --> 00:40:13.519
 the New Testament

00:40:13.519 --> 00:40:14.380
 and we will end

00:40:14.380 --> 00:40:14.720
 here.

00:40:14.719 --> 00:40:18.959
 2 Peter chapter 3,

00:40:19.959 --> 00:40:23.019
 I think it says it

00:40:23.019 --> 00:40:24.659
 better and more

00:40:24.659 --> 00:40:27.579
 clearly than I

00:40:27.579 --> 00:40:28.119
 could try to

00:40:28.119 --> 00:40:28.539
 explain.

00:40:30.119 --> 00:40:30.859
 And we're going to

00:40:30.859 --> 00:40:31.799
 read from verse 3

00:40:31.799 --> 00:40:32.299
 onwards.

00:40:33.639 --> 00:40:34.439
 You're using the

00:40:34.439 --> 00:40:35.099
 church Bible, it's

00:40:35.099 --> 00:40:36.259
 page 1224.

00:40:40.299 --> 00:40:41.179
 And if you're here

00:40:41.179 --> 00:40:41.859
 this morning, for

00:40:41.860 --> 00:40:42.920
 those that follow

00:40:42.920 --> 00:40:45.539
 Jesus, you are

00:40:45.539 --> 00:40:47.559
 secure in the

00:40:47.559 --> 00:40:48.579
 mercy and

00:40:48.579 --> 00:40:50.200
 patience of God

00:40:50.200 --> 00:40:51.519
 because of Jesus.

00:40:53.160 --> 00:40:54.700
 For those that do

00:40:54.700 --> 00:40:56.079
 not follow Jesus,

00:40:57.180 --> 00:40:58.940
 the time of

00:40:58.940 --> 00:41:00.240
 mercy and

00:41:00.240 --> 00:41:01.860
 patience is

00:41:01.860 --> 00:41:03.059
 running out.

00:41:03.900 --> 00:41:05.039
 If you do not

00:41:05.039 --> 00:41:05.900
 believe, turn to

00:41:05.900 --> 00:41:07.620
 him today in

00:41:07.620 --> 00:41:08.860
 repentance and

00:41:08.860 --> 00:41:09.380
 faith.

00:41:09.380 --> 00:41:11.059
 2 Peter chapter

00:41:11.059 --> 00:41:12.920
 3, verse 3

00:41:12.920 --> 00:41:14.180
 and down to

00:41:14.180 --> 00:41:14.960
 verse 15.

00:41:18.619 --> 00:41:19.599
 Above all, you

00:41:19.599 --> 00:41:20.500
 must understand

00:41:20.500 --> 00:41:21.820
 that in the

00:41:21.820 --> 00:41:22.360
 last days,

00:41:22.500 --> 00:41:23.099
 scoffers will

00:41:23.099 --> 00:41:23.940
 come scoffing

00:41:23.940 --> 00:41:24.500
 and following

00:41:24.500 --> 00:41:25.579
 their own evil

00:41:25.579 --> 00:41:26.039
 desires.

00:41:26.180 --> 00:41:26.640
 They will say,

00:41:26.860 --> 00:41:27.680
 where is this

00:41:27.680 --> 00:41:28.220
 coming, he

00:41:28.220 --> 00:41:29.740
 promised, ever

00:41:29.740 --> 00:41:30.180
 since our

00:41:30.180 --> 00:41:31.180
 ancestors died.

00:41:31.900 --> 00:41:32.500
 Everything goes

00:41:32.500 --> 00:41:33.340
 on as it has

00:41:33.340 --> 00:41:33.680
 since the

00:41:33.680 --> 00:41:34.099
 beginning of

00:41:34.099 --> 00:41:34.640
 creation.

00:41:35.559 --> 00:41:35.920
 But they

00:41:35.920 --> 00:41:36.480
 deliberately

00:41:36.480 --> 00:41:37.260
 forget that

00:41:37.260 --> 00:41:38.160
 long ago, by

00:41:38.160 --> 00:41:39.039
 God's word,

00:41:39.039 --> 00:41:39.980
 the heavens

00:41:39.980 --> 00:41:40.519
 came into

00:41:40.519 --> 00:41:41.000
 being and

00:41:41.000 --> 00:41:41.460
 the earth

00:41:41.460 --> 00:41:42.099
 was formed

00:41:42.099 --> 00:41:42.880
 out of

00:41:42.880 --> 00:41:43.460
 water and

00:41:43.460 --> 00:41:44.139
 by water.

00:41:45.139 --> 00:41:46.420
 For by these

00:41:46.420 --> 00:41:47.179
 waters also,

00:41:47.340 --> 00:41:48.159
 the world of

00:41:48.159 --> 00:41:49.619
 that time was

00:41:49.619 --> 00:41:51.019
 deluged and

00:41:51.019 --> 00:41:51.579
 destroyed.

00:41:52.779 --> 00:41:53.739
 By the same

00:41:53.739 --> 00:41:55.599
 word, the

00:41:55.599 --> 00:41:56.519
 present heavens

00:41:56.519 --> 00:41:56.960
 and earth are

00:41:56.960 --> 00:41:57.460
 reserved for

00:41:57.460 --> 00:41:58.440
 fire, being

00:41:58.440 --> 00:41:59.119
 kept for the

00:41:59.119 --> 00:41:59.500
 day of

00:41:59.500 --> 00:42:00.519
 judgment and

00:42:00.519 --> 00:42:01.500
 destruction of

00:42:01.500 --> 00:42:02.759
 the ungodly.

00:42:04.159 --> 00:42:04.759
 But do not

00:42:04.759 --> 00:42:05.579
 forget this one

00:42:05.579 --> 00:42:06.460
 thing, dear

00:42:06.460 --> 00:42:06.880
 friends.

00:42:06.880 --> 00:42:07.780
 with the

00:42:07.780 --> 00:42:08.579
 Lord, a

00:42:08.579 --> 00:42:09.300
 day is like

00:42:09.300 --> 00:42:09.860
 a thousand

00:42:09.860 --> 00:42:10.460
 years.

00:42:11.559 --> 00:42:11.940
 And a

00:42:11.940 --> 00:42:12.800
 thousand years

00:42:12.800 --> 00:42:14.740
 is like

00:42:14.740 --> 00:42:15.680
 a day.

00:42:17.220 --> 00:42:17.920
 The Lord is

00:42:17.920 --> 00:42:19.019
 not slow in

00:42:19.019 --> 00:42:19.519
 keeping his

00:42:19.519 --> 00:42:19.980
 promises,

00:42:20.340 --> 00:42:21.039
 some understand

00:42:21.039 --> 00:42:21.519
 slowness.

00:42:22.000 --> 00:42:22.440
 Instead, he

00:42:22.440 --> 00:42:23.460
 is patient

00:42:23.460 --> 00:42:24.440
 with you,

00:42:25.619 --> 00:42:26.619
 not wanting

00:42:26.619 --> 00:42:27.900
 anyone to

00:42:27.900 --> 00:42:28.559
 perish, but

00:42:28.559 --> 00:42:29.440
 everyone to

00:42:29.440 --> 00:42:30.559
 come to

00:42:30.559 --> 00:42:31.019
 repentance.

00:42:31.019 --> 00:42:32.860
 But the

00:42:32.860 --> 00:42:33.400
 day of the

00:42:33.400 --> 00:42:33.759
 Lord will

00:42:33.759 --> 00:42:34.539
 come like a

00:42:34.539 --> 00:42:34.940
 thief, the

00:42:34.940 --> 00:42:35.420
 heavens will

00:42:35.420 --> 00:42:36.079
 disappear with

00:42:36.079 --> 00:42:36.579
 a roar, the

00:42:36.579 --> 00:42:37.119
 elements will

00:42:37.119 --> 00:42:38.039
 be destroyed by

00:42:38.039 --> 00:42:38.880
 fire, and

00:42:38.880 --> 00:42:39.480
 the earth and

00:42:39.480 --> 00:42:40.500
 everything done

00:42:40.500 --> 00:42:41.440
 in it will be

00:42:41.440 --> 00:42:42.380
 laid bare.

00:42:43.960 --> 00:42:44.440
 Since

00:42:44.440 --> 00:42:45.480
 everything will

00:42:45.480 --> 00:42:46.699
 be destroyed in

00:42:46.699 --> 00:42:47.739
 this way, what

00:42:47.739 --> 00:42:48.659
 kind of people

00:42:48.659 --> 00:42:49.659
 ought you to

00:42:49.659 --> 00:42:49.880
 be?

00:42:51.139 --> 00:42:53.280
 Well, you

00:42:53.280 --> 00:42:53.759
 ought to live

00:42:53.759 --> 00:42:54.500
 holy and

00:42:54.500 --> 00:42:55.900
 godly lives as

00:42:55.900 --> 00:42:56.759
 you look forward

00:42:56.759 --> 00:42:57.519
 to the day of

00:42:57.519 --> 00:42:58.759
 God and speed

00:42:58.759 --> 00:42:59.360
 its coming.

00:42:59.360 --> 00:43:01.280
 that day will

00:43:01.280 --> 00:43:01.980
 bring about the

00:43:01.980 --> 00:43:02.579
 destruction of

00:43:02.579 --> 00:43:03.240
 the heavens by

00:43:03.240 --> 00:43:04.460
 fire, and the

00:43:04.460 --> 00:43:05.039
 elements will

00:43:05.039 --> 00:43:06.340
 melt in the

00:43:06.340 --> 00:43:06.720
 heat.

00:43:07.780 --> 00:43:08.700
 But in keeping

00:43:08.700 --> 00:43:09.519
 with his

00:43:09.519 --> 00:43:11.680
 promise, we

00:43:11.680 --> 00:43:12.440
 are looking

00:43:12.440 --> 00:43:13.920
 forward to a

00:43:13.920 --> 00:43:14.960
 new heaven and

00:43:14.960 --> 00:43:15.760
 a new earth

00:43:15.760 --> 00:43:17.140
 where righteousness

00:43:17.140 --> 00:43:18.160
 dwells.

00:43:19.180 --> 00:43:20.099
 So then,

00:43:20.400 --> 00:43:21.519
 dear friends,

00:43:22.539 --> 00:43:23.120
 since you are

00:43:23.120 --> 00:43:23.840
 looking forward

00:43:23.840 --> 00:43:24.960
 to this, make

00:43:24.960 --> 00:43:26.500
 every effort to

00:43:26.500 --> 00:43:27.200
 be found

00:43:27.200 --> 00:43:28.620
 spotless,

00:43:29.360 --> 00:43:30.200
 blameless,

00:43:31.099 --> 00:43:31.599
 and at

00:43:31.599 --> 00:43:32.480
 peace with

00:43:32.480 --> 00:43:32.940
 him.

00:43:34.200 --> 00:43:34.780
 Bear in

00:43:34.780 --> 00:43:35.260
 mind that

00:43:35.260 --> 00:43:35.880
 our Lord's

00:43:35.880 --> 00:43:37.940
 patience means

00:43:37.940 --> 00:43:40.140
 salvation, just

00:43:40.140 --> 00:43:40.559
 as our dear

00:43:40.559 --> 00:43:41.680
 brother Paul also

00:43:41.680 --> 00:43:42.519
 wrote to you with

00:43:42.519 --> 00:43:43.900
 the wisdom that

00:43:43.900 --> 00:43:45.160
 God gave

00:43:45.160 --> 00:43:45.519
 him.

00:43:46.519 --> 00:43:46.840
 Amen.

00:43:47.320 --> 00:43:47.900
 Let's pray.

00:43:51.200 --> 00:43:51.780
 For

00:43:51.780 --> 00:43:52.620
 Heavenly Father, we

00:43:52.620 --> 00:43:53.640
 thank you that you

00:43:53.640 --> 00:43:55.960
 covenant towards

00:43:55.960 --> 00:43:56.380
 us.

00:43:56.380 --> 00:43:57.960
 you give us

00:43:57.960 --> 00:43:58.539
 your promises,

00:43:58.539 --> 00:44:00.300
 and you care

00:44:00.300 --> 00:44:02.160
 for us, and

00:44:02.160 --> 00:44:02.760
 you help us,

00:44:02.920 --> 00:44:03.320
 Lord, through

00:44:03.320 --> 00:44:04.000
 our new

00:44:04.000 --> 00:44:06.400
 starts, to

00:44:06.400 --> 00:44:08.200
 always turn to

00:44:08.200 --> 00:44:09.260
 you in

00:44:09.260 --> 00:44:12.119
 repentance, to

00:44:12.119 --> 00:44:13.160
 cast aside our

00:44:13.160 --> 00:44:14.640
 sin and that

00:44:14.640 --> 00:44:15.019
 which would

00:44:15.019 --> 00:44:15.720
 entangle so

00:44:15.720 --> 00:44:16.400
 that we follow

00:44:16.400 --> 00:44:17.380
 Jesus closely.

00:44:17.539 --> 00:44:18.140
 We thank you

00:44:18.140 --> 00:44:20.039
 for peace with

00:44:20.039 --> 00:44:20.280
 you.

00:44:21.160 --> 00:44:21.860
 We thank you

00:44:21.860 --> 00:44:22.680
 for your

00:44:22.680 --> 00:44:23.660
 patience now

00:44:23.660 --> 00:44:24.820
 means opportunity

00:44:24.820 --> 00:44:25.760
 for salvation,

00:44:25.980 --> 00:44:27.200
 and Father, I

00:44:27.200 --> 00:44:28.800
 pray for

00:44:28.800 --> 00:44:30.340
 any that do

00:44:30.340 --> 00:44:32.019
 not know the

00:44:32.019 --> 00:44:32.539
 joy of

00:44:32.539 --> 00:44:33.920
 salvation, that

00:44:33.920 --> 00:44:34.420
 they would turn

00:44:34.420 --> 00:44:35.019
 to you this

00:44:35.019 --> 00:44:35.320
 day.

00:44:35.800 --> 00:44:36.400
 They would not

00:44:36.400 --> 00:44:37.059
 exhaust your

00:44:37.059 --> 00:44:38.680
 patience, but

00:44:38.680 --> 00:44:39.019
 that they would

00:44:39.019 --> 00:44:39.760
 turn to you

00:44:39.760 --> 00:44:41.300
 away from their

00:44:41.300 --> 00:44:42.920
 sin in faith

00:44:42.920 --> 00:44:44.400
 and put their

00:44:44.400 --> 00:44:45.220
 trust in you.

00:44:45.840 --> 00:44:46.519
 Be gracious,

00:44:46.720 --> 00:44:47.160
 Lord Jesus,

00:44:47.420 --> 00:44:48.620
 now and

00:44:48.620 --> 00:44:49.280
 forevermore.

00:44:49.820 --> 00:44:50.140
 Amen.

00:44:50.140 --> 00:44:50.260
 Amen.

00:44:50.980 --> 00:44:51.460
 Amen.

00:44:51.460 --> 00:44:51.559
 Amen.

00:44:51.559 --> 00:44:51.580
 Amen.

00:44:51.580 --> 00:44:51.600
 Amen.

00:44:51.600 --> 00:44:51.640
 Amen.

00:44:51.640 --> 00:44:53.580
 Amen.

00:44:53.580 --> 00:44:53.640
 Amen.

00:44:53.640 --> 00:44:53.680
 Amen.

00:44:54.820 --> 00:44:55.820
 Amen.